History Nerds Thread

[Blergh]

7 hours ago, tearknee said:

Ironically Prussia and Prussian culture and Prussian "the Junkers" were blamed for the crimes of the Nazis even though the Nazis were founded in Bavaria and its organizational HQ remained in Munich until the end in 1945.

Not an invalid point. However, the Russian and German antipathy towards each other has been going on since at least the 1100's AD- long before either nation would become united (and the city fortress of Koningsburg had been considered an outpost of German strength on the Baltic shores so it's not surprising that the Soviets not only invaded it at the tail end of WWII [and treated the civilians horrifically] but also ensured that  the renamed Kalingrad would ALWAYS stay part of Soviet then Russian land via proclaiming it territory of the then-Soviet Republic of Russia which meant that it would legally stay Russia even after the breakup of the Soviet Union.