A story, I heard (relevant to the defeat of Hitler) when I
was young.
“There was a lion who came
into view of a troupe of hyenas. The Lion, was a large one, powerful and
forbidding to behold, a creature of undeniable magnificence. The hyenas were
smaller, doglike creatures, with their broken-back gait. They gathered first in
a little group, twenty meters from the lion, which was trying to feed on his
kill. And then the hyenas had moved forming a circle around the lion, and whichever
one was directly behind the powerful cat would move in to nip at its
hindquarters, and lion would turn and roar and dart a few meters, and that hyena
would withdraw quickly - but even as that happened, another one would advance
behind the lion for another nip. Individually, these hyenas would have no more
chance against this king of the grasslands than a man with a knife would have
against a soldier armed with a machine gun, but try though he might, the lion
could not protect his kill – nor even himself - and in just five minutes the
lion was on the defensive, unable even to run properly, because there was
always a hyena behind him nipping at his balls forcing the lion to run in a way
that was pathetically comical, dragging his bottom on the grass he tried to maneuver.
And then he was bit, as yet again he turned towards his new attacker, another
bit him from his back and he thereafter it was never ending until he could
fight no longer with so many and on so many sides and fronts. He ultimately,
was unable to defend himself from so many and on so many fronts and lay dead and defeated. The
hyenas took their kill, cackling in their odd laughing barks, as though finding
amusement in their usurpation of the greater animal. And so the mighty had been
vanquished by the lesser. Reminds me of the defeat of Germany and
Hitler combined forces of USA, UK, France, Russia, China and armies of 121 nations attacking and ultimately defeating a powerful Germany size of Texas.
Hyenas; List of allied nations in World War 2;
1. Poland: September 1,
1939
2. France: September 3,
1939
3. United Kingdom:
September 3, 1939 and its dominion states (4-57)
4. Australia: September 3,
1939
5. New Zealand: September
3, 1939
6. Canada: September 10,
1939
7. India: September 4,
1939
8. Pakistan: September 4,
1939
9. Bangladesh: September 4,
1939
10. Sri lanka; September 4,
1939
11. Nepal: September 4,
1939
12. Newfoundland:
September 4, 1939
13. Tonga: September 4, 1939
14. South Africa:
September 4, 1939
15. Antigua and Barbuda:
September 4, 1939
16. Bahamas: September 4,
1939
17. Barbados: September 4,
1939
18. Botswana: September 4,
1939
19. Brunei: September 4,
1939
20. Cameroon: September 4,
1939
21. Cyprus: September 4,
1939
22. Dominica: September 4,
1939
23. The Gambia: September 4,
1939
24. Ghana: September 4,
1939
25. Grenada: September 4,
1939
26. Guyana: September 4,
1939
27. Jamaica: September 4,
1939
28. Kenya: September 4,
1939
29. Kiribati: September 4,
1939
30. Lesotho: September 4,
1939
31. Malawi: September 4,
1939
32. Malaysia: September 4,
1939
33. Singapore: September 4,
1939
34. Sabah and Sarawak:
September 4, 1939
35. Maldives: September 4,
1939
36. Malta: September 4,
1939
37. Mauritius: September 4,
1939
38. Mozambique: September 4,
1939
39. Namibia: September 4,
1939
40. Nauru: September 4,
1939
41. Nigeria: September 4,
1939
42. Papua New Guinea:
September 4, 1939
43. Saint Kitts and Nevis:
September 4, 1939
44. Saint Lucia: September
4, 1939
45. Saint Vincent and the
Grenadines: September 4, 1939
46. Samoa: September 4,
1939
47. Seychelles: September 4,
1939
48. Sierra Leone:
September 4, 1939
49. Solomon Islands:
September 4, 1939
50. Swaziland: September 4,
1939
51. Tanzania: September 4,
1939
52. Tonga: September 4,
1939
53. Trinidad and Tobago:
September 4, 1939
54. Tuvalu: September 4,
1939
55. Uganda: September 4,
1939
56. Vanuatu: September 4,
1939
57. Zambia: September 4,
1939
58 Denmark: April 9, 1940
59. Norway: April 9, 1940
60. Belgium: May 10, 1940
61. Luxembourg: May 10,
1940
62. Netherlands: May 10,
1940
63. Malta: June 10, 1940
64. Greece: October 28,
1940
65. Kingdom of Yugoslavia:
April 6, 1941
66. Russia: June 22, 1941
67. Georgia: June 22, 1941
68. Armenia: June 22, 1941
69. Azerbaijan: June 22,
1941
70. Estonia: June 22, 1941
71. Latvia: June 22, 1941
72. Lithuania: June 22,
1941
73. Belarus: June 22, 1941
74. Moldova: June 22, 1941
75. Ukraine: June 22, 1941
76. Kazakhstan: June 22,
1941
77. Kyrgyzstan: June 22,
1941
78. Tajikistan: June 22,
1941
79. Turkmenistan: June 22,
1941
80. Uzbekistan: June 22,
1941
81. Tannu Tuva: June 25,
1941
After
the attack on Pearl Harbor
82. United States:
December 8, 1941
83. Panama: December 7,
1941
84. Philippines: December
7, 1941
85. Costa Rica: December
8, 1941
86. Dominican Republic: December
8, 1941
87. El Salvador: December
8, 1941
88. Haiti: December 8,
1941
89. Honduras: December 8,
1941
90. Nicaragua: December 8,
1941
91. Republic of China:
December 9, 1941
92. Guatemala: December 9,
1941
93. Cuba: December 9, 1941
94. Korea: December 9,
1941
95. Czechoslovakia:
December 16, 1941
96. Mexico: May 22, 1942
97. Brazil: August 22,
1942
98. Ethiopia: December 14,
1942
99. Iraq: January 17, 1943
100. Bolivia: April 7,
1943
101. Iran: September 9,
1943
102. Italy: October 13,
1943
103. Colombia: November
26, 1943
104. Liberia: January 27,
1944
After D-Day
105. Romania: August 25,
1944, (formerly a member of the Axis)
106. Bulgaria: September
8, 1944, (formerly a member of the Axis)
107. San Marino: September
21, 1944
108. Albania: October 26,
1944
109. Hungary: January 20,
1945, (formerly a member of the Axis)
110. Bahawalpur: February
2, 1945
111. Ecuador: February 2,
1945
112. Paraguay: February 7,
1945
113. Peru: February 12,
1945
114. Uruguay: February 15,
1945
115. Venezuela: February
15, 1945
116. Turkey: February 23,
1945
117. Lebanon: February 27,
1945
118. Saudi Arabia: March
1945
119. Argentina: March 27,
1945
120. Chile: April 11, 1945
121. People's Republic of
Mongolia: August 9, 1945
Kaps.
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Very apropos in the final analysis, although some with lesser understanding of the actual historical events of WWII might tend to think of Hitler as the aggressive wild beast feasting on an innocent prey, and in that sense, they would likely think of Poland. In fact, she was merely the first hyena, put out as bait for the lion by the others (allies), with the promise of immediate help if the lion pounced, knowing full well they could not deliver. They (allies) never came and never concerned themselves with the bait in the trap, not even when the bear later showed up to take half of the spoils. They had to first make their intended victim look like the aggressor to justify themselves in the court of world opinion, while they plotted, laughed, cackled, and slowly surrounded their prey for the ultimate feast.
ReplyDeletemy article on who is responsible for WW2 clarifies about Poland and Dangiz and passage to East Prussia which were his original last demand and why England and France did not declare war on Russia inspite of the fact that Russia had actually attacked Poland from eastern front.
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