In 1936 Germany didn’t have that ability, not even close. It had just started mobilization in 1935. Germany was lacking everything, and was starting from way behind, but it had a years headstart on France and Britain.
In 2022-23 Russia can’t take on Poland, but it can probably take Latvia, Lithuania Estonia, assuming nobody helps them. And, most likely, Moldavia.
And give them a victory over Ukraine and who knows what they can manage in five years. Give them a victory over Ukraine and think what message China is going to get.
Ethiopia in 1936 sent a message - that the center could not hold, that the old alliances were a dead letter, that the old gang was weak and intended to stay that way. This was no small factor in encouraging ambitions in Japan, in Germany.
>In 2022-23 Russia can’t take on Poland, but it can probably take Latvia, Lithuania >Estonia, assuming nobody helps them. And, most likely, Moldavia.
Unless Moldavia reunites with Romania. For all we know, reunification might have more support among Moldavians than previously.