BaltimoreBadger23 t1_itu87m3 wrote on October 26, 2022 at 10:43 AM

My favorite part is Poland and Sweden as arch enemies. Did not see that coming.

Steen-J t1_itu8rj8 wrote on October 26, 2022 at 10:50 AM

My favorite part is sweden fighting with ships on lake constance in central europe.

[deleted] t1_itvh7jq wrote on October 26, 2022 at 4:37 PM

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JJhistory t1_itw6n6q wrote on October 26, 2022 at 7:20 PM

oookay? how is it connected to the comment above?

Mohingan t1_itwbs4q wrote on October 26, 2022 at 7:52 PM

Bot got lost

JJhistory t1_itwciu3 wrote on October 26, 2022 at 7:57 PM

you are a bot

MurderDoneRight t1_ituw3hf wrote on October 26, 2022 at 2:16 PM

To be fair, haven't everyone conquered Poland? They're kind of a tramp when it comes to being invaded.

BaltimoreBadger23 t1_itv8u89 wrote on October 26, 2022 at 3:42 PM

Well, they have the misfortune of being located between Russia and Germany...

BartholomewBandy t1_itw28lu wrote on October 26, 2022 at 6:52 PM

Tattoo on the lower back says Welcome.

AnselaJonla t1_itxueti wrote on October 27, 2022 at 2:22 AM

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Keffpie t1_ituhpy5 wrote on October 26, 2022 at 12:23 PM

Some Poles are still a bit salty about it...

TyrKiyote t1_ituxwgl wrote on October 26, 2022 at 2:29 PM

It keeps your tongue from sticking when the Pole is cold.

BartholomewBandy t1_itw1zva wrote on October 26, 2022 at 6:50 PM

Tongue stuck to a cold Pole? Great joke, here’s your upvote.

Polymarchos t1_itv6w1k wrote on October 26, 2022 at 3:29 PM

Really? Poland was kind of a jerk during their height of power. No one liked them back then. They were like Russia is today.

BaltimoreBadger23 t1_itv8a8u wrote on October 26, 2022 at 3:39 PM

I haven't really studied this particular era, but I know Poland was a jerk. I just didn't realize they pissed off the Swedes.

semiomni t1_itwx73x wrote on October 26, 2022 at 10:11 PM

Think it was more opportunism from Sweden, also they were fucking monstrous, them and Russia killed 1/4 of the population.

Petromnikus t1_itx2r4s wrote on October 26, 2022 at 10:52 PM

Poland claimed the Swedish throne so not really without reason that Sweden didn't like Poland.

semiomni t1_itx4fm1 wrote on October 26, 2022 at 11:05 PM

Sure, think that comes a little short of justifying 1/4 of total genocide.

quondam47 t1_itw6ohz wrote on October 26, 2022 at 7:20 PM

In 2014, Ireland legislated to remove thousands of obsolete laws that were left over from our time under British control. One of those was the declaration of war against Denmark in 1666 which had never been overturned.

MoonHunterDancer t1_iu0ohtb wrote on October 27, 2022 at 6:05 PM

Does that mean that in 1916, the UK was still at war with Denmark? Do the British ever clear that up?

quondam47 t1_iu0pr98 wrote on October 27, 2022 at 6:13 PM

I wouldn’t think so. It was the Kingdom of Ireland from 1542 to 1801 which was a client state of the English crown so it would have been an Irish law but introduced to follow England into hostilities against Denmark-Norway in the Second Anglo-Dutch War.

brazzy42 t1_iu3f2c7 wrote on October 28, 2022 at 7:19 AM

No. You don't need a peace treaty or any kind of official document to end a war, just like you don't need a declaration of war to start one.

There really isn't such a thing as countries being "officially at war without knowing it".

thestoats11 t1_iu40mop wrote on October 28, 2022 at 11:58 AM

They didn’t join the other side willingly lol, Sweden forced them to by invading them

danish_raven t1_itwfyam wrote on October 26, 2022 at 8:18 PM

We only went into the war the second time so that we had a good excuse to be at war with sweden

TIL The European 30 Years' War 1618 - 1648 began with Czech nobles throwing two Habsburg governors out of Prague castle window onto a huge dungheap. The corresponding carnage - fought over the issue of religious freedom following the Protestant Reformation - left millions dead.

popsickle_in_one t1_itu10to wrote on October 26, 2022 at 9:04 AM