Timeline for Why did Hitler not invade Sweden?
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| Apr 12, 2023 at 11:13 | comment | added | Pieter Geerkens | Sweden and Prussia had a long history of being in dispute over Pomerania and nearby Baltic coastal regions that frequently resulted in them taking opposite sides in wars of their neighbours. Claiming that there was some long-standing, centuries-old, historical friendship is absurd. | |
| Apr 12, 2023 at 11:11 | comment | added | Pieter Geerkens | Looking backward: First (1848-1851) and Second (1864) Schleswig Wars Sweden sides with Denmark against Prussia; Hundred Days (1815), Sixth Coalition (1813-1814), and Franco-Swedish War (1805-6) Sweden aligns against France with (amongst others) both Prussia and U.K.; Pomeranian War (1757-1762) Sweden aligns with Russia against Prussia; Great Northern War (1700-1721) Sweden and Prussia on opposite sides; Scanian War(1675-1679) Sweden and Brandenburg-Prussia on opposite sides. | |
| Dec 2, 2017 at 1:34 | comment | added | Tomas By | "Sweden always aligned with Germany": Germany as a unit did not exist before 1871, so those previous great wars are exactly one: WW1. In that sense you are right I guess, but more generally Sweden was supported by France for a good while in the 17th century or so. One of the main enemies of Sweden in the Great Nordic War was Saxony, ie Germany. | |
| Mar 5, 2015 at 12:57 | comment | added | MCW♦ | Unsubstantiated and incredible claims. | |
| Oct 27, 2014 at 8:43 | comment | added | DevSolar | I think pointing at one single country as being "to blame" for a war is usually rather short-sighted. It always takes a certain "stage" for a war to erupt, and the fault for letting this happen is usually more like a 60-40 or 80-20 thing than a 100-0 one. But saying that "Britain started two world wars" is ridiculous. They might have had their part in setting the stage, but were very decidedly on the 20 / 40 side. As far as WWII is concerned, even France (with its post-WWI Versailles demands) was more to blame than Britain... | |
| Oct 26, 2014 at 11:12 | comment | added | LateralFractal | The answer has unsubstantiated claims. Please rectify. | |
| Oct 26, 2014 at 8:46 | comment | added | philip | How exactly did Britain start world war 2 or 1. I'm pretty sure hitler was to blame for world war 2 and Austria was to blame for world war 1 | |
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| Oct 26, 2014 at 7:31 | history | answered | Jack Smith | CC BY-SA 3.0 |