Thanks for the post, those are important factors that should be noted.
My point is that Putin is in a far stronger position today than Hitler was in the 1920’s.
But he has no interest in world conquest. And most Russians don’t want to take up the draining responsibilities of empire again.
What he does want to do is render NATO impotent. To a considerable extent, he has already succeeded. Its not in Europe’s interest to get into a conflict with Russia.