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minus-squarecub Gucci@lemmy.todaylinkfedilinkarrow-up4·21 days agoKudos to Latvian government for admitting the mistake (at least partially). As far as colonisers go, Russians in the Baltic got off easy. Ahaha, colonisers. Guess having Baltic states unified under Ostland would’ve played better
minus-squareViatorOmnium@piefed.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up8·21 days agoYes, the two only alternatives, German occupation, and Russian occupation. Or maybe the lesser evil is still evil.
minus-squareComradeSharkfucker@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkarrow-up2·20 days agoGenuinely that was the only two options at the time.
minus-squareViatorOmnium@piefed.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·edit-219 days agoPoor Stalin, he had no choice but to do a secret deal with the Nazis to split up eastern Europe, and then he had to follow up with as much of it has possible after the Germans backstabbed him /s
minus-squarecub Gucci@lemmy.todaylinkfedilinkarrow-up1·20 days agoWhat was the lesser evil of these two?
Kudos to Latvian government for admitting the mistake (at least partially).
Ahaha, colonisers. Guess having Baltic states unified under Ostland would’ve played better
Yes, the two only alternatives, German occupation, and Russian occupation. Or maybe the lesser evil is still evil.
Genuinely that was the only two options at the time.
Poor Stalin, he had no choice but to do a secret deal with the Nazis to split up eastern Europe, and then he had to follow up with as much of it has possible after the Germans backstabbed him /s
What was the lesser evil of these two?