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To: Don W

>> He fought against the very communists that were responsible for the holodomor. He allied with the fascists in order to fight against the communists, that were in fact responsible for a famine in his country that killed as many Ukrainians as Hitler killed Jews.. <<

Yes, good point. It’s understandable and perhaps entirely excusable that the Ukrainians would ally themselves with the Nazis. A young man of military age would be in a situation in which he had to choose one bad side or the other. The oppression Ukrainians were most familiar with was their own at the hands of the Communists. Wikipedia says, “In 1944, Hunka was deployed into combat against Red Army forces on the Eastern Front of World War II.” No evidence has been cited that Hunka himself committed atrocities.


31 posted on 09/26/2023 11:07:34 PM PDT by GJones2 (Ukrainian alliance with Nazis excusable?)
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To: GJones2
No evidence has been cited that Hunka himself committed atrocities.

A report on CTH says he trained as an anti-aircraft gunner. Not likely he committed any atrocities unless shooting down Communists fits that category. IMHO it makes him the hero they lauded him as.

40 posted on 09/27/2023 1:30:47 AM PDT by Chad C. Mulligan
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