ukranians welcomed the wehrmacht with flowers and open arms
Because they thought they were being liberated from Stalin's murderous occupation. Shows how much they don't want to be ruled over by the Russians, and why they are fighting so furiously now.
I know you hate Ukrainians with a fiery passion, but the numbers don't lie. I'll post them up again -
More than 4.5 million Ukrainians joined the Red Army to fight Nazi Germany, and more than 250,000 served in Soviet partisan paramilitary units.
