Despite his involvement in crafting one of the justifications for Nazi aggression, Fr.

The formal Austrian position remained that the country had been a victim of Nazi aggression and could therefore not be held accountable for such crimes.

I therefore have decided to disregard the President's order to lay down our arms and allow Nazi aggression once again to threaten the world peace.

There are many instances of victims of Nazi aggression who have been able to do just this - to forgive despite terrible hurt.

In this theory, Nazi military aggression would ironically form the icebreaker for a communist invasion.

By this time the Soviet Union had borne for almost three years the brunt of the Nazi aggression on land.

He called the traditional view that Austria was the first victim of Nazi aggression as false.

However, some say the threat of Nazi aggression was not fully acknowledged by the government of the time.

These were often distinctly different, dealing much more openly with the Nazi aggression and the killing of the Jews.

Nevertheless, Nazi aggression continued, and the government prepared for war.