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Originally Posted by Elkyiv
The creation of foreign SS units had been carried out previously in the name of fighting against communism; with French, Flemish, Walloon, Dutch, Latvian, Estonian, Croatian and Belarusian units, among others, had been created. The creation of a Ukrainian SS division was perceived by many in Ukraine as a step towards the attainment of Ukrainian independence and attracted many volunteers.
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So joining the SS to go fight partisans in Poland, Slovakia, and Slovenia was going to lead to Ukrainian independence? At least if he was a UPA member, you could argue that he was fighting in Ukraine proper (even if they too committed atrocities), but as part of the Waffen SS? That's just post-hoc whitewashing to say they were fighting for independence.