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Even readers who are familiar with history may not understand why the Russo-Ukrainian War, a seemingly ordinary local war in history, can set off such a turbulent chain reaction. Compared with countless bloody battles in history, the Russo-Ukrainian War The conflict was insignificant in terms of the scale of the war and its brutality, but it actually turned the vast Europe upside down. Prices skyrocketed, the people were in dire straits, and the generals and generals were in dire straits.
Another piece of news in the past two days has pushed this " domino effect " to a new stage. A local crisis has actually brought the EU 's two major allies, Germany and Poland . Chen Chen more than 80 years ago The old grievances were also settled! Poland proposed that Germany still needs to pay Poland $1.3 trillion in World War II compensation! German Chancellor Schulz had retorted before and had already apologized. There are even calls in Germany that Germany has lost money that year, and Poland still needs to return the German territory it occupied after World War II...
Two allied countries, the boat of friendship cannot withstand the slightest storm, and it will be overturned at any time, and the reason is actually It is so weird that people cannot help but realize again that the seemingly powerful EU is actually worse than a piece of loose sand. There are countless contradictions buried in it, and the slightest disturbance may cause it to fall apart!
html September 1 is not an ordinary day. On this day 83 years ago, the European battlefield of World War II finally started. Nazi Germany invaded Poland. In the following five years, Poland was a bloody mess, and six million people were massacred. Poland As a result, it became one of the countries that suffered the most losses in World War II. For this reason, Poland does have every reason to demand compensation from Germany for its war crimes.
But what is extremely strange is that when the statute of limitations for ordinary people's debt lawsuits is only a few years, why is Poland now thinking about the old debts of more than 80 years ago? What to do early?
Speaking of which, this absurd situation was caused by the history of the Cold War. After the end of World War II, Poland actually became a satellite state of the former Soviet Union. Many major events were actually decided by the Soviet Union. At that time, Germany was dismembered into East and West Germany, and the Nazi war compensation responsibilities were divided between the two Germanys. The socialist East Germany was responsible for compensation to the Soviet Union and other "gay countries" in the socialist camp in Eastern Europe. At this time, East Germany was riddled with holes and had no ability to repay it. In addition, East Germany's strategic position as a shield for the Soviet Union in the future was extremely important. Therefore, it was impossible for the Soviet Union to demand debts from him like a bone-crushing marrow. Just symbolic compensation. Even the Soviet Union, which suffered heavy losses, was like this. The issue of compensation for Poland and other satellite countries was completely handled by the Soviet Union, and it was even more convenient to settle the matter. On the surface, Poland could only agree to sign a reconciliation treaty with East Germany, but in its heart it was natural that it would never forget this deep hatred.
Therefore, after the disintegration of the Soviet Union in 1990, the dissolution of Warsaw, and the reunification of the two Germanys, there began to be strong demands in Poland for a "unified Germany" to reimburse Poland. And the numbers are extremely staggering.
Of course Germany would not dare to take this initiative, otherwise all countries that fought with Germany during World War II might follow suit. So the response from that point on was "This problem has been solved."
Germany and Poland have actually clashed with each other many times on this issue. As long as the two countries have disputes over some practical issue, Poland may open up old scores. However, the number of compensation is getting more and more shocking every time. This time it has increased to $1.3 trillion! Of course, Germany refused without hesitation.
However, many changes have also taken place in Germany now. It has changed from its long-standing and submissive appearance with the shackles of heavy historical sins. It has become more and more like Japan. Not only does it not admit the old debts (but it is still much better than Japan), but it also begins to take the initiative to attack. situation.
In the affairs of the European Union and NATO , he is the unquestioned leader and has a tendency to "turn to the right" very quickly. His attitude towards Russia and China is becoming more and more undisguised in his hostility. He not only shows his sharp teeth towards Russia , or even Its hands have been extended to the "Indo-Pacific region". After the new German Prime Minister Scholz came to power, he even proposed a huge military expansion plan. He wanted to significantly increase Germany's military expenditure and suddenly replace India as the third largest country in the world. This was very rare in the past. It is unimaginable that the last time Germany did this was when Hitler had just come to power! The world cannot help but worry about the changes in Germany in recent years.
Under such circumstances, if Poland makes such "unreasonable demands" again, how can Germany agree? Not only would it not happen, Germany would instead take the stance of rake-off the country, threatening to ask Poland for the territory that was forcibly taken away after World War II.
Friends who know the history of Germany know that Germany has been divided for a long time in its history. Later, the militaristic Prussia unified many small German states, and only then did Germany become extremely aggressive in modern times. The reason why Prussia is strong and adopts a militaristic national policy is because it is adjacent to Slavic countries such as Poland and Lithuania. It has long-term hostility and therefore resorts to militarism.
Therefore, whenever Germany suffered, the Prussian region would become the target of carving up by Poland, Russia and other countries. Germany became a loser in both world wars in the last century. Therefore, Germany's territory was cut off on a large scale twice. In modern times, Germany's "Longxing Land" East Prussia region and Silesia were divided by Poland. Possession. This is also a "national humiliation" that the Germans will never forget.
However, because they have been weighed down by historical guilt for a long time (which is a masochistic view of history in Japanese terms), the Germans dare not raise it confidently.
Now Germany has changed, and the domestic voice of claiming back the lost land is getting stronger and stronger. Therefore, in the face of Poland's retaliation, it is entirely possible that Germany will also open its own account book.
So how should the two countries proceed? Will they really fall out and become enemies over this? That's unlikely. After all, the consequences of history are too complicated to explain clearly. Moreover, the two countries, which are both in the EU and NATO trenches, are more concerned about how to face the future together through thick and thin. Therefore, they can always talk about these old things and talk about them, but they will not really take action. In that case, EU and NATO will really The game has to be finished. If you have any interesting insights, please leave a message below to discuss! (This article is part of the series Uncle Yi talks about the world. For those who are interested, please use WeChat to search the official account: Zhizhidi, and watch all the original articles in the series Uncle Yi talks about the world)
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