Posted on 10/10/2015 8:38:03 PM PDT by SatinDoll
Right. The Nazis were hamstrung by their ideas on race - that the Slavs were an inferior race that only deserved to be enslaved by Aryans. Many Eastern Europeans, Ukrainians, White Russians, etc. hated the Soviets so much that at first they welcomed the Germans with open arms and would have been happy to fight alongside them. But the Germans treated them with contempt, enslaved them, starved them, stole their food and possessions to send back to Germany.
If the Germans had treated these people respectfully, as allies, instead of as inferior scum, it would have helped a lot vis-a-vis the USSR.
It would have been more than easy, especially with the Ukrainians, who welcomed the German army as liberators. But the veil soon fell from their eyes.
Obama is the king of passive aggressive behavior. Add gay to the word narcissist.
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