P.U.T.U said:
From another thread that can be seen here
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When World War II came, it at first was positive for Ukraine. The Polish-controled Ukranian populations were united with their brethren. But it went downhill from there. When Germany invaded the Soviet Union, most of the early battles - and bloody ones they were - took place on Ukranian soil. Once again, a large minority of Ukranians sided with what outsiders might see as the enemy. As many as 500,000 joined the German Army to fight against the communists. This was partly lingering Ukranian/Russian conflict, but mostly anti-communism. Either way, the Nazis threw away this boon. By treating the Ukranians terribly, they drove many of these would-be-collaborators back into the arms of Stalin as resistance fighters. It didn't help. Ukraine was punished after the war for this collaboration, even though it was a minority. Ukraine was once again reincorporated into the Soviet Union, now with expanded borders at the expense of Poland. (Notably, Putin gave a hint of this deep resentment against Ukranians by calling for "denatzification," effectively painting the pro-Western leadership of today with this brush).
Pro-German "Ukranian liberation army" in World War II:
I like this thoughtful explanation.
Could it also be he is invoking American Marxism and our divisive enmity over the apparitions of Republican/conservative fascists and
Nazis, whom we must battle to save our democracy, to garner support from Western communist sympathizers?
