#294 Musings Beyond the Bunker (Wednesday March 9)
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Good morning, THE EERILY FAMILIAR BULLYING OF PEACEFUL NEIGHBORS It is often said that history does not repeat itself—but it rhymes. The events unfolding in Ukraine invoke a scary “I feel like I’ve seen this movie before” feeling. In the 1930s, Hitler incorporated Austria through the Anschluss, in order to join together the historic Germanic empires of Germany and Austro-Hungary. Later in 1938, his appetite expanded to include the “liberation” of traditional Germanic communities in what was then Czechoslovakia. But incorporation of the Sudetenland was just the beginning, eventually encompassing a full occupation of Czechoslovakia.
#294 Musings Beyond the Bunker (Wednesday March 9)
#294 Musings Beyond the Bunker (Wednesday…
#294 Musings Beyond the Bunker (Wednesday March 9)
Good morning, THE EERILY FAMILIAR BULLYING OF PEACEFUL NEIGHBORS It is often said that history does not repeat itself—but it rhymes. The events unfolding in Ukraine invoke a scary “I feel like I’ve seen this movie before” feeling. In the 1930s, Hitler incorporated Austria through the Anschluss, in order to join together the historic Germanic empires of Germany and Austro-Hungary. Later in 1938, his appetite expanded to include the “liberation” of traditional Germanic communities in what was then Czechoslovakia. But incorporation of the Sudetenland was just the beginning, eventually encompassing a full occupation of Czechoslovakia.