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RE: The morgenseiten of Katharsisdrill 17 - Sweden & war
In US History within the United States, they typically covered WWII and the aggressors, Russia, Germany and Japan. From the classes that I have gone to, they did not review the other countries that were in northern europe.
So we do not know much history when it comes to Denmark and WWII, etc. It's always interesting to read up on a country's history, especially if you plan to visit.
Not sure you can call USSR for an aggressor (except if you are Finnish or Polish). For most of the war they fought to defend their territory and I tend to agree with the historians who view their enormous sacrifices as the most important factor that won the war. As I remember more than 20 million USSR people died - in comparison it was round about 500,000 US citizens.
As for Western Europe most of the countries was occupied by the Germans. France, Poland, Scandinavia, the Balkans. Italy and Spain were already fascists. So there was some sort of peace, where the Germans took out the Jewish population and killed them, until the local resistances forced a more war-like situation.
What a shitty time!
My brief history of Europe during WWII mentioned that the USSR split the take over of Poland with Germany. (That is why I mentioned them as an aggressor) But Germany was definitely the evil one...
Have you seen the HBO movie series Band of Brothers?
Yes, in that sense they were complete arseholes. They also did the same to the Baltic nations and attacked Finland - luckily the Finns beat them against all odds.
I haven't seen it, but everybody I know did and liked it.