Comments by "Jussi M. Konttinen" (@jussim.konttinen4981) on "Was the Gleiwitz Incident the SPARK that ignited WW2?" video.

  1. I am not saying that there is much to be done in the case of Poland. However, Bulgaria, mostly inhabited by South Slavs, did quite well during WW2. Involvement in the genocide has also been vastly exaggerated. Bulgaria was the only Axis country that increased its pre-war territory.
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  2. Likewise. I guess it's due to the algorithm
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  3. This is just a WW1 rematch. Germany was in an awkward position between enemy countries, as was Poland. https://www.gingkoedizioni.it/the-starving-of-germany-in-1919/
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  4. Incredibly, the last cheque covering reparations for WW1 was issued by Angela Merkel in 2010. For comparison, Finland paid WW2 reparations in 1952. I don’t know if joining the anti-comintern pact would have helped, but the persecution within the German borders was scarce compared to the conquered areas.
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  5. And the reasons behind the ultimatum. Three K's in Finnish, but maybe RRR in English: Resentment, revenge and rut.
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  6.  snowy the snowman  Interestingly, they erected an anti-communist monument as early as 1981. "Made of steel, the two crosses were unveiled on June 28th, 1981, to commemorate the 25th anniversary of the first Polish rebellion against Soviet control." https://www.atlasobscura.com/places/poznan-june-1956-monument
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  7. I don’t know if the black and white image does him justice, but Naujocks doesn’t look like an albino SS man in the movie Defiance. He signed on as a low-ranking driver for the SD-Regional Command. He was promoted to the rank of major, and then demoted after disputing one of Reinhard Heydrich's orders.
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