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Politics for Protection
After World War Two the Soviets requested that all former Soviet citizens be sent back. However, there were many Ukrainian nationalist livings in Western Germany. Many of them claimed to be Polish citizen. This protected them from being sent back to the Soviet Union. The Baltic States were another thing to deal with. There were…
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Reactivating the Lithuanian Activist Front
Most people realize that the Office of Strategic Services was dissolved in 1945, and that the CIA started two years later in 1947. However, undenounced to the public, America did keep their espionage branch alive, with a group of people known as Strategic Services Unit. This was post-war predecessor of the CIA, which was formed…
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Operation Ruppert
In 1944-45 the Allies caught many POWs who were willing to surrender and work with the allies, for a better life. A secret mission was put together to explore what was driving all these foreigners to fight so hard inside Germany, and to also study how the Germans built up such a strong network of…
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Escaping the Soviets
As World War Two drug on, the red army advanced closer and closer to Berlin. Many people who help the Germans tried escaping to the west, and into the hands of the allies, where they though that they would be treated more fairly. Millions of refugees from Germany, Ukraine, Poland, Hungary, Romania, and the Baltic…
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The Fifth Columnist
Alfred Rosenberg wouldn’t be doing any more work with eastern Europeans until after the Beer Hall Putsch end the Aufbau Vereinigung, until operation Barbarossa was initiated. He had already proven himself as a competent organizer, and now he had a new job, to handle logistics, and other forms of networking in the newly conquered region,…
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Lithuanian Activist Front
One lesser-known fight, which the Americans studied was the June Uprising. This was an uprising which occurred when the Germans attacked Soviet occupied Lithuania, and Lithuanian nationalist rose up to help the Germans. It occurred after the Soviet Union invaded Lithuania, many Lithuanians were humiliated and mistreated by the new occupiers. They did many mean…
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The First Eastern European Nazi
Alfred Rosenberg was an Estonian German, who spent time going to school in Russia. However, in February 1918 Estonia was became occupied by Germany after the Red Army was sent into retreat. During this time on the 24th of February the Estonian had a Declaration of Independence. Surprisingly the Imperial Germans were respectful of this…