Putin Followed a Playbook Right Out of World War II

The buildup to war in Ukraine might as well have happened in the 1930s

George Dillard
Lessons from History
6 min readFeb 25, 2022

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Vladimir Putin (Flickr)

Here’s what Vladimir Putin would like you to believe:

Ukraine is not really a country, and Ukrainian-ness is not a real thing. The area has always been part of Russia, and should be again. Russian-speaking separatists in eastern

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