From Ukraine to Poland to Estonia, across the Eastern Front, partisans and guerrillas fought for the independence of their nations—from both nazi Germany and the communist USSR.
And yes, I call communists and nazis “con artists,” “fools” and “dupes.”
Map: Operation Barbarossa, 22 June 1941
You can see the Baltic States and key cities, including Tallinn, Narva, RIga, and Vilnius.
Nazi Germany’s war flag
Sources
Antony Beevor, The Second World War. London: Little, Brown and Company, 2012.
Robert Magosci, A History of Ukraine. Toronto: University of Toronto Press, 1996.
Orest Subtelny, Ukraine: A History. Toronto: University of Toronto Press, 1988.
Wikipedia:
- Polish resistance movement in World War II
- Belarusian resistance during World War II
- Resistance in Lithuania during World War II
- German occupation of Latvia during World War II
- Estonian anti-German resistance movement 1941–1944
Larysa Zariczniak, “The Ukrainian Trial of the Century: Bilas and Danylyshyn,” Wandering the Edge podcast, 15 August 2023. https://www.wanderingtheedge.net/podcast/episode/4bd50314/the-ukrainian-trial-of-the-century-bilas-and-danylyshyn
