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It is a region that is no stranger to war. In the second half of 1943, a massive Soviet Army swept across the eastern parts of Ukraine from their starting points in Western Russia. Part of this campaign was a battle in the Donbas region that saw 1 million Soviet soldiers battling 400,000 Germans. Over five weeks, the Soviets lost nearly a quarter of their men killed and wounded.
The Nazis made the Russians pay for every kilometre gained.
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So... are the Ukrainians the Nazis then?
Please don't equate 'Nazi' with 'German' and don't equate 'German' with 'Axis'.
Forces from several countries, not only Germany, fought on the Axis side in the Ukraine.
Romania, Italy, and Hungary sent armies. Slovakia and Croatia sent smaller forces.
And that does not include Waffen-SS units recruited from volunteers in many countries.
According to Franz Halder, Operation Barbarossa in 1941 employed about 15,000 Polish troops in support roles.
Odessa was captured primarily by the Romanian, not German, forces.
The Romanians were chiefly responsible for a massacre of Odessa's Jews.
Moreover, significant Ukrainian forces fought against the USSR.
In 1944, Ukrainian partisans killed Nikolai Vatutin, who was one of the best Soviet generals.