Liberators of your country

Thankful to say, we have never been in need of liberation. We asked for democracy and got it, we asked for federation and got it, we fought off the Japanese on our own resources and were successful. Let's hope our track record continues to be as simple and clean.

A Danish nobleman and national hero Niels Ebbesen, killed Count Richard (Gerhard) III of Holstein on April 1, 1340 during the Kingless Times, when the entire country was pledged to German counts.

We have been liberated in 1918. in the war of independence by Estonians, Finns, Danes, Swedes and Jews. These popped into my mind during the first thought.

Originally posted by Kalevipoeg We have been liberated in 1918. in the war of independence by Estonians, Finns, Danes, Swedes and Jews. These popped into my mind during the first thought.

Well, i'm a belgian ( technicly Flemish but i call my self gentenaar ( of the city of Ghent )) and we had the joy of being conquered by every neighbour atleast twice and even the ones further away like spain and hungary/austria had the pleasure of conquering us.
The problem was that belgium(the netherlands in general) is a perfect battlefield, very flat, rather rich, lots of cities and villages for bridgeheads, several rivers for easier logistics(The schelde is a natural invasion route from France into Belgium), but the main problem was that we were always on both sides of the invading armies(and the invading armie that came to liberate us).

Even in my own family where 1 uncle was in the german army who got to 80 kilometres of Moskou and my grandfather lost some of his friends while they tried to get Britisch pilotes out of german territory.

 

First of all the person who liberated us and made a saperate country for us the Great Ahmad Shah Abdali then it was Amir Ghazi Amanullah Khan who liberated us from the British, then it was the Mujahedeen (infact the USA) who liberated us from Russians and now lets see who is next on the line who will liberate us from the World Powers aka NATO.

Husein Gradascevic lost the battle but he did win the war, largely because of the actions of the Ottoman and Austro-Hungarian authorities after his defeat. He led a revolt against Ottoman rule fueled by Bosnian resentment following the Sultan's decision to award the by-then Bosniak-populated Sandzak to Serbia. He lost, but both the Ottomans and Austro-Hungarians treated him so poorly (I don't mean tortured, I mean not treated like the noble he was) that it greatly offended the sensibilities of the Bosnian aristocracy and, through them, the peasantry. This made his ideals stronger than ever and Bosnia was never really at peace with the Ottoman Empire for the rest of its duration in this region.

Gavrilo Princip and Josip Broz Tito are questionable examples, but each were liberators in their own way. Gavrilo Princip, who dreamed of a united, pan-Slavic state (not a Greater Serbia as nationalists on all sides will tell you today) started WWI, which led to Bosnia's freedom from Austro-Hungarian rule - which was never, despite Austria's every effort, appreciated following so many centuries of Ottoman rule, brought down by a desire for independence.

Josip Broz Tito liberated Bosnia from every imaginable force during WWII. He broke the Serbian Cetniks, the Croat and Bosniak Ustasa, the pro-Italian Croat paramilitaries, Allied paramilitaries, and so on.

Both these characters are now viewed much differently than they were in their time, though.

Originally posted by Gharanai and now lets see who is next on the line who will liberate us from the World Powers aka NATO.

Interesting...
Do you want the talibans back?

The Cyprus problem is a blacklisted topic. Please spare us your distorted and nationalistic diaharea.
Blaming Turkish Cypriots for not supporting the Greek Cypriot fight for ENOSIS with Greece, which would have lead to their destruction, is the most absurd statement I have heard in a while.

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