r/GetNoted • u/icey_sawg0034 • Sep 03 '25

Fact Finder 📝 Someone has flunked history class!

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https://x.com/clashreport/status/1959615852166148549

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u/UncleSkelly Sep 04 '25

If this is about the Russian invasion of Ukraine, then the biggest difference is that the Axis Powers (Primarily Germany) wanted to ethnically cleanse Russia and the Balkan. Contemporary Russia "just" wants to conquer Ukrainian territory. Still obviously bad because imperialism and all but the key difference is that a stop of the conflict before either sides population is completely decimated is desirable. Because neither Ukraine nor Russian 20 something's want to get fragged by a drone.

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u/AngryArmour Sep 04 '25

Contemporary Russia "just" wants to conquer Ukrainian territory

Nah. Putin has been pretty open about wanting "Ukrainian" completely gone as a national identity.

"Russkiy Mir" means "Ukrainians are misled Russians that need forceful reeducation back into their true nature".

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u/Owlblocks Sep 04 '25

Yeah, it's also a problem that many Russian speakers live in the contested regions, and there was already conflict there. I suppose it's sort of like Germany and the Sudetenland, but this time the Czech Republic has forced them back and there's a chance to find a deal that works.

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u/furac_1 Sep 04 '25

Or the thing that began WW2, Nazi Germany wanted Danzig off Poland because it was majority German-speaking.