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..
What would YOU do, keyboard warrior?
In no manner, do I claim to have all the answers. I am not worthy of such self delusion. Depending on the circumstances and geography of ones birth, during the WW2 era, one could have been presented with very few choices on how to live your life. I would like to believe I would have made the “right” choices and for honorable reasons. I have no idea what decisions I would have made, had I been alive then and in an active war zone. It is easy for us to make judgement 70 years later, based on linear logic.
I read a very short novel about WW1 that was quite powerful.
It was called “All Quiet On The Western Front”.
I recommend it to get a brief glimpse of what life was like for an enlisted man during that struggle.
>> 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.