If the Germans had been smart, and not treated the Ukrainians as terribly as the Soviets, they would have had millions of volunteers and workers and not had to waste so many resources on occupation of the Ukraine. Might have actually tipped the balance in their favor.
If the Germans had been smart, and not treated the Ukrainians as terribly as the Soviets, they would have had millions of volunteers and workers and not had to waste so many resources on occupation of the Ukraine. Might have actually tipped the balance in their favor.
You're right, Kozak, and if they'd been cunning as well as smart, they'd have put off trying to invade the Soviet Union until they'd solidified their grip on Western Europe and neutralized the English.
Blind hatred never sees very far ahead.
“If the Germans had been smart, and not treated the Ukrainians as terribly as the Soviets, they would have had millions of volunteers and workers and not had to waste so many resources on occupation of the Ukraine.”
After the collapse of the USSR they admitted that they had infiltrated saboteurs/snipers behind German lines to successfully provoke retribution against the Ukrainians by the Germans (to drive them apart).
Exactly. Many Ukrainians first looked at the Nazis as liberators. The Nazis let them know rather quickly that this would not be the case.