Dec 01 2012, 07:34 PM
A similar thing happened during the Spanish Civil war with the Basques, who created their own autonomous republic but sided with the Republicans, and were in turn destroyed by the Nationalist forces under General Franco. Notably the Bombing of Guernica by German planes(Germany was helping Franco and the Nationalists) which led to Picasso's famous painting of Guernica.
"Ignorance is Bliss"- Sima Yi from DW6