"For the sake of historical truth I must verify that only the Greeks, of all the adversaries who confronted us, fought with bold courage and highest disregard of death."
- Adolf Hitler in a speech at Reichstag, May 4, 1941
> Germany invaded Greece in April 1941
The Mexican population of the US Southwest was 83,727 in 1850. This is because we decided against annexing populated areas on the grounds that Mexicans were not fit for self-govt. The modern Mexican pop in the US ~entirely descended from post-1900 immigration, >90% post-WWII.
In comparison to Latvians (1%) the Asian element is still elevated among Estonians (3-5%). The Iron Age Meryans they found at Dyakovo were 11-12% Asian, which suggests the original Kalevites had a similar percentage before Baltic contact. Then in Finland the Sami admix drives it up again in a gradient, since Easterners and Kuusamo dwellers have more Sami than Satakunta-Varsinais-Hรคme.