TheWPCTraveler said:
A pyhrric victory for the Nazi Germans may actually have been much better than a decisive Soviet victory in the Eastern Front. Given the case of anger against the Germans of the Slavs and Baltic peoples who were stuck under German rule during that war with the Soviets - even with the additional industrial power, they would've fallen apart anyway. There is a precedent for this, too. The First World War. Germany won decisively against the Russian Empire-turned-USSR, but the manpower needed to maintain control over their newfound eastern territories meant that the German Empire (sorry Rol, but the Austrians in that war were a dead weight) could not sustain the Hundred Days offensive. In any case, if you are a Finnish irredentist, you should wish for a victory over the Soviets in order to be able to retake the land lost in the Winter War, as well as maybe take the rest of Karelia. Also, re: italicised, maybe drop the insult? The entire point is to prevent Austrian Germans from becoming a minority in the first place. I mean, if you study Austrian history, you'd very well know why some Austrians feel that way.
Austria-Hungary was on the verge of breaking apart in the years leading up to the First World War - if it wasn't for the Emperor of Austria and King of Hungary, Franz Ferdinand. So, yeah, you really would shit your pants if you found yourself in that position. |
Huh, that's actually fairly interesting. Thanks for correcting me.
As for my last point, I dont think all migrants are perfect. I also understand his concern, but at the same time his gloom and doom nature is highly exaggerated.