I'm afraid you are misinformed. Stalin and Hitler were Nazi mass murderers and best buddies. Bandera, while not an angel, was imprisoned by Hitler and murdered by Stalin.

"Bandera was a nazi" was soviet and now ruzzian line, this statement is neither true nor false, but repeating it helps spreading ruzzian propaganda.

[–] egrets@lemmy.world 8 points 1 month ago (5 children)

Eh? The OUN, under Bandera's leadership, repeatedly and actively sought to alliance Nazi Germany during WWII. They formed militias with the express intent of enacting pogroms against Jewish citizens. Their political agenda was absolutely a fascist one. Bandera collaborated with the Nazis directly near the end of the war to fight the Soviets (though he was between a rock and a hard place here, I admit).

[–] Tuuktuuk@mastodontti.fi 0 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (1 children)

@egrets @doo

What are your opinions on C.G.E. Mannerheim and Finland? The parallels to S. Bandera and Ukraine are very interesting!

[–] doo@sh.itjust.works 1 points 4 weeks ago

Bro. I have Ukrainian roots and I'm very confused about the Ukrainian stuff :)

All I know about Finland is that Soviets attacked it and, essentially, lost, so I guess Finland didn't have much choice - it was the known evil of the Stalin and the who-knows-what with the Germans that weren't even their neighbours.

I'm sure there were actual Nazis both in Finland and Ukraine, but I don't see how Finland could have stayed independent and neutral in that situation.

But again, I know way too little about those parts.

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