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nilesobek

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3. So Bandera was a Nationalist,

Reply to Jesus Malverde (Reply #2)

Sat Jan 3, 2015, 11:13 PM

Jan 2015

that was openly collaborating with the Nazis and is being hailed as Ukraine's all time hero. I'd be willing to bet he had prior knowledge of Barbarrosa since the Independence Declaration so closely coincided with that invasion. I've read a lot of stories about different ethnic Ukrainian and Russian groups that worked and collaborated with the Nazis. They had to pick sides or die at the hands of one or the other. Bandera picked the wrong side.

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I wonder if they are all down for it. nilesobek Jan 2015 #1

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So Bandera was a Nationalist, nilesobek Jan 2015 #3