volbound1700
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At the time yes. The gaza arabs were viewed as Egyptian constituents the same way Germans whom weren't displaced were viewed as Polish, Czech, and East German constituents.
Eradication, no. The USSR did to an extent with German expulsions, though. That displacement includes millions of ethnic Germans who lived in Poland, Czechoslovakia and East Germany pre ww2.
The comparison breaks down pretty rapidly though. The Germans surrendered unconditionally, capitulated to the Marshall plan in the West, and submitted under Soviet yoke in the East.
Germany lost 3 historical regions that saw displacement:
Prussia, Silesia, and Pomerania (half of it is in East German but the half in West Germany). Just found this map to support my claim. Sadly, Poland lost a lot of historic lands to Ukraine and Belarus as well though. In a way, the 1933-1941 borders were actually stronger borders than today if you go off history.
