Hitler vs. Putin: How Dictators and Murderers Justify Wars – A Useful Comparison

Putin's and Hitler's theses on the war very often coincide/Collage of Channel 24

Russia has been waging a bloody war against Ukraine for more than 8 years. The Center for Counteracting Disinformation compared Putin's rhetoric about the invasion of our state and what Hitler said at the beginning of World War II.

Although the current dictator constantly talks about some fictitious ” denazification”, it is impossible not to notice the similarities in the speeches and theses that sounded at one time from Hitler. Read on for a visual comparison of the statements of both tyrants.

Statements by Putin and Hitler about the wars they unleashed

• Hitler : As always, I tried to achieve change through peaceful means. Putin: We persistently and patiently tried to negotiate with the leading NATO countries.
• Hitler : It's a lie when the world says that we want to achieve change only by force . Putin : We are not going to force anyone or anything.
• Hitler : You know about the endless attempts that I made to peacefully solve the problem of Austria, the Sudetenland, Bohemia and Moravia – everything was useless. Putin: For endlessly long eight years we have done everything possible to resolve the situation by peaceful political means – all to no avail.
• Hitler : Germany has no interests in the West – the western rampart forever outlines the boundaries of the Reich. ‚ Putin : Our plans do not include the occupation of Ukrainian territories.
• Hitler : German minorities living in Poland are subjected to heinous persecution there. Putin: The purpose of the “special operation” is to protect people who have been subjected to abuse, genocide by the Kyiv regime for eight years.
• Hitler : Gdansk was and is German city. Putin : Ukraine for us is not just a neighboring country. This is an inseparable part of our history, culture, spiritual space.
• Hitler : I will not fight against women and children – I ordered my air force limited to attacks on military targets. . quite obvious. With what kind of Nazism Russia decided to fight is unknown. However, the fact that dictators and murderers justify the wars they unleashed in a similar way is a fact. There is only one difference – the theses from Hitler sounded when he invaded Poland at the beginning of World War II, and from Putin – already in the 21st century, during the Russian attack on Ukraine.