Comparisons between Venice's surrender and Ukraine's resistance can treat both conflicts as sudden events. The criticism here is that Venice had already endured decades of fighting before its final collapse. Ukraine's fighting since 2014 likewise disappears when attention begins only with the latest phase of war. Omitting those histories distorts arguments about resistance, surrender, and which conflicts will be remembered.
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Venice and Ukraine in compressed war narratives
Comparisons of Venice and Ukraine can misrepresent resistance and surrender when they omit years of earlier conflict.