Most Soviet citizens greeted Nazis as liberators only until they found out the details of the Nazi racial ideology, which for Slavs was even worse than commie ideology.
My point was that the Nazis were the lesser of two weevils for us, not necessarily for people who lived in Eastern Europe.
Hopefully we can agree they were both among the most evil ideologies of all time. No good guys here.
“Most Soviet citizens greeted Nazis as liberators only until they found out the details of the Nazi racial ideology, which for Slavs was even worse than commie ideology.”
Russia has admitted within the past 10 years that the Soviet Union used partisans to attack Nazis behind the lines to cause reprisals against the civilians that preferred the Nazis; that was when the populations turned against their Nazi liberators.
“Hopefully we can agree they were both among the most evil ideologies of all time.”
Absolutely; I still can’t understand why we fought Nazism to rescue Stalin, while the Soviets had peace with Japan (which was killing Americans at the time). Like WWI, probably one we should have sat out.