Originally Posted by
Bergerie1
My concern is that the Ukraine war may end much like WW1 with a settlement which leaves the Russians wounded, feeling humiliated and wanting revenge. Germany felt humiliated but not defeated and this helped the rise of Hitler.
This analogy has been peddled before, and if it has any validity, it is to make sure that Ukraine's allies take steps to ensure that it is adequately defended against future Russian aggression. Post WWI, Britain and her allies were exhausted by war with Germany and didn't want to contemplate it all starting again. This allowed Hitler the leeway to re-arm and break the terms of the surrender. That is the lesson to be learned, not used as an excuse to go easy on the Putin regime in pursuit of a false peace.