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• nateb2022 4y ago
  The current situation is very different from 1939. Germany's Blitzkrieg in 1939 lasted barely over a month, and resulted in the total annexation of Poland. Russia's invasion of Ukraine has lasted just over a year, and is far from complete. As far as I'm aware, Poland received no substantial military aid during the invasion. Ukraine is receiving military equipment from dozens of countries globally. Although both are, indeed, invasions, I believe the similarities end there. You could liken the Ukrainian invasion to almost any other invasion in history, and find _some_ parallels. Whether it is a helpful comparison depends a lot, but the geopolitical situation in 1939 differs a lot from what it is today. America, for one, is now a major player in European affairs -- something that wasn't a factor in 1939. It was only after the Second World War that the United States emerged as a major world power, about the same time that the United Nations were founded and the onset of the Cold War. Although some connections can be drawn to the breakup of the Soviet Union and post-WW1 Germany (both being 'defeated' nations, as it were), the geopolitical landscape is a very different state today due to multiple factors, including but not limited to the rise of China, Russian politics (I'm far from an expert but from what I'm reading, Putin is not unanimously supported), and the state of European energy/material dependency (as you stated).