Really, I don't see the logic here, C12. Did not Sweden itself capture Stettin by invasion?
You're not the first to point this out. :) It's the age-old story where most countries got most things using a greater or lesser amount of violence, and then possession was legitimated by some treaty, and then the possessing country cried foul when someone tried to repossess them. *cough* Silesia. Or as I like to say, invoking the Princess Bride quote, "You're trying to kidnap what I have rightfully stolen!"
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Re: Great Northern War: The Confusingest Part
Date: 2021-11-19 09:17 pm (UTC)You're not the first to point this out. :) It's the age-old story where most countries got most things using a greater or lesser amount of violence, and then possession was legitimated by some treaty, and then the possessing country cried foul when someone tried to repossess them. *cough* Silesia. Or as I like to say, invoking the Princess Bride quote, "You're trying to kidnap what I have rightfully stolen!"