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> But it turns out a very militarized nation can become completely pacifist after suffering a complete utter defeat, suffering and destruction. Which was not r
by throw-the-towel 10mo ago
> But it turns out a very militarized nation can become completely pacifist after suffering a complete utter defeat, suffering and destruction.
Which was not really Germany's case. It was going to be, see the Morgenthau plan, but then the US realised they needed someone to help contain the Communists, and Germany become integrated into the wider West, not even 10 years after Hitler. Something that was willfully not allowed to Russia in the 1990s. (And thank Kohl for that, wouldn't want to be containing China!)
- breppp 10mo agoI see 1990s Russia more similar to Weimar Germany, a failed democracy experiment where everyone came out from wanting something else. Regarding Germany, as opposed to 1918, defeat was not something they could escape, complete and utter destruction of cities, mass rapes, ethnic cleansing, POWs and occupation. The strict contrast with the fascist promises of victory is the real engine of denazificatiom imo