EzioAltaïr;4083171 said:
The fact was, that though the area was ethnically German, it had been under Polish control originally, and in fact was annexed in the late 18th century by Prussia. The only reason that this part was handed over to Poland after the Great War, was because Poland was a newly formed country, and effectively landlocked. This was the only access they could give Poland to the sea, and while it may not be completely fair to the Germans, it still was necessary.
Poland, before 1918, did not exist. It was a part of Imperial Russia. Danzig historically was always inhabited by Germans for 700 years. It was German land and was to be handed back to Germany once the Polish gov.t, under British and French influence began to turn down any peace proposals from Germany.
Hitler's proposal to the Polish gov.t (i posted the proposal in my previous post,
and i'm assuming you read it) was very fair. It allowed both Poland and Germany access to the Danzig corridor and free access to German ports to Poland.
EzioAltaïr;4083171 said:
Note: Hitler was completely justified in uniting Austria, Sudentenland, and Rhineland, but in my opinion, he shouldn't have attacked Poland.
While thousands of Germans were being kicked out of their ancestral lands, he should not have invaded Poland? Does that make sense? Was the impotent League of Nations going to prevent the deportation of these ethnic Germans?
EzioAltaïr;4083171 said:
Also, the Corridor was one area, but Germany and Russia split up the entire land of area of Poland between themselves, why?
At that time it was a done deal, it no longer was only about the corridor. It made no difference if they only captured the Danzig corridor or half of Poland, Britain and France would still have declared war on Germany.
EzioAltaïr;4083171 said:
Also, Germany used Poles as slave labour,
Not much different to how British used indians, or the French the North Africans.
EzioAltaïr;4083171 said:
deporting most people from their homes to make space for Germans to live in, while working the original inhabitants till they died.
Most likely POW's. Very rarely did Germans use civilians for slave labor, they had enough Red army POW's to do the job.
EzioAltaïr;4083171 said:
Both sides were filled with hypocrisies. USA and UK siding with Russia was not an admirable move, but I suppose they did it only because Russia was more likely to side with the West than Germany were.
Not sure what you mean by "Russia was more likely to side with the West than Germany were". Side with the West against what?? Germany?
If Germany decided to side with the West after invading Poland, do you think Britain would have repealed its declaration of war? Same for France? And they would have sided against Soviet Union?
How so if Britain and France didn't declare war on Soviet Union for invading Poland in the first place???
EzioAltaïr;4083171 said:
Well they were targeting Germany, Hitler was a powerful leader, and I bet they wanted him out of the way. But Hitler could have avoided the war with a few easy precautions which he chose not to take.
What "easy precautions"? Is it easy to sit idle while thousands of your people are being deported from their ancestral lands, and you as a leader of those people take no action and wait for some impotent organization to do something, meanwhile more and more of your people are persecuted day by day.
EzioAltaïr;4083171 said:
He was mainly racist towards Jews, gypsies, handicapped,
There were more than 100,000 half and quarter Jews in the armed forces of NS Germany. Even some full Jews as well.
1). A full Jew, by Jewish standards is anyone who's mother is Jewish, regardless of the fathers race or ethnicity. By that standard all of those half Jews in NS Germany's armed forces were full Jews.
2). Gypsies were persecuted in ALL European countries due to them being involved in crimes and subversive movements.
3). Handicapped, does that also include Dr Joesph Goebbels who limped as he walked due to one leg being shorter than the other? How did Hitler forget to gas him for that genetic defect?
EzioAltaïr;4083171 said:
Political opponents aren't a race.
EzioAltaïr;4083171 said:
His ideology was something like a ladder, with blond, blue-eyed (I don't think Hitler was either),
Hitler had piercing blue eyes.
EzioAltaïr;4083171 said:
He hated handicapped people because he felt they only used up state resources and gave nothing in return.
Gee, how did he not notice the limping walk of Goebbels. That's one less handicap in the concentration camps.
EzioAltaïr;4083171 said:
He hated the people from lands he conquered, seen from his deporting Poles and Ukranians to labour camps.
This contradicts his speech where he praises Ukrainian and Tartar troops in his Waffen SS. This also contradicts the photos of Ukrainian troops meeting with Goebbels, i posted photos of that in the previous pages of this thread.
I wouldn't be surprised that these are bogus allied propaganda. Though, i am 100% certain that it is allied propaganda. Ukrainians were amongst the most staunch supporters of Hitler's on the Eastern front.
How do you think the Germans treated Polish soldiers and officers? Would like to know your view on that.
EzioAltaïr;4083171 said:
I'm not sure about his ideas about blacks, but I assume he was neutral, at least to those who supported him. The same we can assume for all the people you mentioned, fighting for him.
It was mentioned that Hitler stormed out of the stadium red faced, enraged that a black sub-human defeated his Aryan opponent. When in reality, as recalled by Jesse Owens himself, Hitler did no such thing. But the allied propaganda it seems is much louder than the voice of the black athlete himself, and people would rather believe propaganda and than believe in the truth, even when the truth is coming straight from the horse's mouth.
EzioAltaïr;4083171 said:
Again, the Allies had no fewer monsters than the Axis. It's just that their monstrosities were usually less monstrous than Hitler's (Stalin is an exception, he was more of a monster).
Bengal Famine= 4 million people die from starvation.
Eisenhower's death camps= 1.5 million German POW's dies of starvation and unsanitary conditions.
Justification for nuking two Japanese civilian populated cities, as a result thousands burned alive and thousands more affected by radiation for decades.
Terror bombings of German cities which had no military importance. As a result, millions of people baked alive.
Torturing Axis POW's, deporting millions more to the Gulags, handing millions more over to Stalin to be deported to the Gulags.
Don't try to make the Allies seem like they were any less than Stalin when in fact they were hand in glove.
You and i, or anybody else doesn't hear about these atrocities only because all of this is politically incorrect and does not go in line with the lies that millions have been spoon fed by their gov.t's and mainstream media.
EzioAltaïr;4083171 said:
These satellite countries were effectively puppet states though, and many had active running resistance movements.
But there was no "Nazi Empire" as you were suggesting in your previous post.
EzioAltaïr;4083171 said:
Poland was invaded in 1939. The others were invaded after 1939, but the invasion of Russia was completely unjustified, and France.. well okay, you're right there. They didn't invade France until the latter declared war.
The 7 years before 1939 there was no German occupation of foreign territory.
EzioAltaïr;4083171 said:
Again, despite the mistrust, invading Russia despite having a pact was a foot-in-mouth move. Regardless of his intentions, he knew very well, that he would lose a three-front war.
Of course, he knew very well that a two front war was not winnable, but he had no choice, i've discussed this issue before and i am well convinced that the invasion of Soviet Union was necessary
though not well timed.
EzioAltaïr;4083171 said:
Well that's all politics. They had an alliance with Poland, not with the other victims. Like I said, they did not start a war to free anyone, everyone starts a war selfishly.
Yes they DID start the war, the British and French declared war on Germany over Polish territorial integrity, at least under the guise of it, since after the War Poland would annexed by the Soviet Union.
EzioAltaïr;4083171 said:
It was a war, fought in both bullets and propaganda. Criticising one's ally, regardless of how wrong would be a bad move, and even if there was anyone genuinely interested in human rights among the allies (not likely), they would still be forced to keep quite.
Exactly. Does this not prove my point that the war was to crush Germany for having rebuilt its honor and for having freed itself from the shackles imposed on it by international finance.
EzioAltaïr;4083171 said:
During the war only. After the war, their words were suddenly more along the lines of "monstrous, authoritarian communists". Hypocrisy at it's best.
Even after the war, there were always back alley deals between the so called "democratic" and "freedom" loving western gov.t's and their Soviet chums. It was only the millions of civilians and soldiers who suffered due to the ideologies of the two sides during the cold war, used as chess pieces. Meanwhile the higher ups comfortably exchanged some sensitive knowledge with one another (eg Soviet n--u--k--e-- program).
EzioAltaïr;4083171 said:
That's simply not the way to deal with criminals. If someone murdered someone, they can be legally hanged, no need to hunt them down and dissolve parliaments and such.
Not only did they murder innocent people and cause agitation, but they also conspired with a foreign entity in the overthrow of the German state, they received funds, arms, and even manpower in their mission to do so. That is treason and traitors are given nothing less than a death sentence.
EzioAltaïr;4083171 said:
no need to hunt them down and dissolve parliaments and such.
Parliament was dissolved as a result of of the burning of the Parliament building by the Communists in order to signal a nationwide Communist uprising after the victory of the National Socialists in the elections.