@Prototype27F And had he been truly crazy and spite-driven, as you want to portray, he could have caused enormous casualties to Britain/Allies, given they were generations ahead in chemical agents.
@Prototype27F The quote has two interpretations. Madman Hitler wants to destroy Paris out of spite, or "don't let Paris fall into enemy hands, at all costs". Given that Hitler was in fact not crazy, and explicitly ordered the preservation of Rome and Athens, that readings seems more likely.
@Prototype27F "The Führer repeats his order that Paris has to be defended. . . . The strongest measures to quell insurrection inside the city must be taken. . . . The bridges across the Seine are to be prepared for demolition. Paris must not fall into enemy hands except as a field of ruins"
@MWill2025@ItIsHoeMath@philthatremains I will concur that quasi-annexing Czechia was an opportunistic land grab, though note it was after Czecho-Slovakia had already fallen apart.
Hitler's real belligerent plans were always directed at the USSR. Destroying "Judeo-Bolshevism" and as spoils of war annexing land.
@MWill2025@ItIsHoeMath@philthatremains Austrians are Germans and were overwhelmingly in favor of unification. Invasions of Denmark, Norway, Benelux, France were strategic necessities after France and the UK declared war on Germany. Invasion of Poland was justified, and Hitler offered a ceasefire on September 2nd, 1939
@AConcernedPare2@FICMBondTrader I think that's the tradeoff. Women have a much higher floor. Just by existing and not being fat, most have a high innate value. However, it's just also much harder to climb; lower ceiling. The opposite with men, low floor, higher ceiling.
@dannycantalk Two things: Europe is also becoming "more diverse", fast. Second, this is just an example of a time-lag. The long-term effects of mass migration are not instantaneous. Any honest person can see that the US is heading towards a type of Brazil-ification.
@Ecgwine@whatifalthist Northern Italians aren't Germanic. They have a little bit of Germanic admixture, but are overwhelmingly a mix of Celtic, Roman, and Greek.
@MichaelAArouet The principle (only?) reason is because the populations are different. North and South Italians are fairly genetically distinct (relatively speaking). One way this manifests is North Italians having a noticeably higher average intelligence.
@SaladRatinwqc8@Uncommonsince76 The language isn't ambiguous. It is pretty explicit about deportation. You're obviously lying about having read it, as you implied it was clearly about murder.
And I can't answer your other questions as it would violate X terms of service.
@ItIsHoeMath I think you are assigning too much agency to the masses; most people just go with the flow of the times. Those that create the flow are the ones to blame.