‘We’re in 1938 now’: Putin’s war in Ukraine and lessons from history

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‘We’re in 1938 now’: Putin’s war in Ukraine and lessons from history
theguardian.com

Interesting article that talks about the similarities between now and 1938, and the sort of lessons we can learn from history.

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You have to go back over 200 years to get France invading Russia. Russia invaded Paris in 1813. Everyone invaded everyone in the 1800's. Russia was invading all its neighbors in the 1800's.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_wars_involving_Russia

The US/UK supporting the Russian Czar during the Civil War isn't an invasion.

The US/UK supporting the Russian Czar during the Civil War isn’t an invasion.

Yeah just like how this is special military operation!

There is no civil war in Ukraine and Putin recognizes Zelensky as the legitimate head of state. So not the same at all.

But the two republics are also recognized and did ask for help as well, hence the SMO- and idk what you would consider 2014-2022 in ukraine but civil war would be a fair description in my opinion.

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