I’ve been watching a lot of WWII videos on YouTube recently. Lots of stuff from the German point of view. The other day was one about German paratroopers attacking the Netherlands. Germany had to do this to stop the UK from taking Dutch ports.
And, of course, attacking Norway was absolutely necessary to keep the UK from interrupting Germany’s iron supply coming from Sweden. And Denmark had to be invaded as well, because, well, it’s just there.
To begin the war Germany had to defend itself against an aggressive Poland, and the city of Danzig was really German anyway so Germany had every right to take it back.
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I think a number of folks, if they researched how Germany
did things back in the 30s, the propaganda they used, and
a lot of it being so close to what Russia has done, would
be embarrassed if they were at all honest with themselves.