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Hitler, Noway and Putin same WhatsApp group. NO DILEMMA HERE, JUST
Putin repeating History!
In
December 1944, with Allied forces having landed in Europe and pushing towards Berlin from all sides, Germany made a very strange announcement. They proclaimed that they had annexed into Germany,
The Reichskommissariat of Belgium and
Northern France. What was strange was that these territories were no longer under control of the Germans but Hitler/Gobbels put out propaganda that the Battle of the Bulge would reclaim them. So in that same month, the Germans mounted their last major offensive campaign on the Western Front during World War II which fizzled out in defeat 30 days later on 16th January 1945.
So what was it about?
It was a MORALE-BOOSTING propaganda stunt.
The annexation occurred on 15 December 1944, the day before the start of the Battle of the Bulge.
It was basically a statement of confidence that the offensive would be successful.
Goebbels had also spread rumors the ultimate aim of the offensive was Paris, only later did the German soldiers realize the real aim was to reach the Belgium port of Antwerp. It failed anyway
And so here lies the parallels of Putin. Putin annexes 4 regions of Ukraine yet barely 18 hours later Lyman - a part of those territories annexed falls to Ukraine. Bure kabisa.
Germany put a clause in its constitution that any land annexed could not be taken away - not - even by the Third Reich. Same thing here. Russia has in its constitution that no territories annexed can be given back - not even by the Kremlin. We know of course that German never held onto those parts of Belgium and France, because the war ended 3 months later in German defeat. So too, it will be in the 4 territories, Russian or no Russian constitution, the Russians are going back to pre-February 2014 borders. Bure kabisa Putin, Noway.