I hadn't read about this division in detail before, only heard about the collaboration with the Nazis. For a division formed "to fight for Ukrainian independence from the Soviets", they spent an incredibly large percentage of their time fighting partisans outside of Ukraine.
At the end of WWII, a special plea was made to the pope that they were good Catholics and fervent anti-communists. This insured they were not sent to the USSR, but a settler-colony more closely aligned with their views. Clearly they were outstanding candidates for KKKanadian citizenship
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/14th_Waffen_Grenadier_Division_of_the_SS_(1st_Galician)
I hadn't read about this division in detail before, only heard about the collaboration with the Nazis. For a division formed "to fight for Ukrainian independence from the Soviets", they spent an incredibly large percentage of their time fighting partisans outside of Ukraine.
At the end of WWII, a special plea was made to the pope that they were good Catholics and fervent anti-communists. This insured they were not sent to the USSR, but a settler-colony more closely aligned with their views. Clearly they were outstanding candidates for KKKanadian citizenship
Weaponizing Antisemitism w/ Asa Winstanley.
Book: https://www.calton-books.co.uk/books/weaponising-anti-semitism-how-the-israel-lobby-brought-down-jeremy-corbyn/
Podcast: https://traffic.libsyn.com/secure/guerrillahistory/Weaponizing.mp3?dest-id=2463146