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America’s First Steps to War in Ukraine
It would be April 1946 when America launched their first intelligence operation to gather intelligence on whether Ukrainian Nationalist groups could be a viable source of manpower again Russia. They already had some information on where to look for support, thanks to Operation Belladona. It was just a matter of getting support. America was able…
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Discovering a Network
While Operation Ruppert had to be done to such secrecy, the OSS rarely received any information about Vinogradov, if ever. It wouldn’t be until April of 1945, when Vinogradov made contact again with the Allies, who have helped in this spy mission. However, upon his return he would bring back very important information. During his…
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Stephan Bandera and OUN
OUN or Organization of Ukrainian Nationalists, was a paramilitary which was first organized in 1920 to help fight for Ukrainian independence. They originally formed in Prague, after the Soviets took over Ukraine after World War 1. Before World War Two OUN was a terrorist organization which mainly focused on attacking Polish Officials, who were deemed…
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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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Operation Zepplin
Operation Barbarossa commenced in June 1941, where the Germans invaded the Soviet Union. Many Russians who felt betrayed and mistreated by the Soviet, didn’t want to fight for the communist. This led to many disenfranchised Russian to surrender. Over the course of a year this amounted to many prisoners of war falling into the German’s…
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Adolf to Azov
Many people have wondered how did Azov and the other neo-Nazi groups formed, after World War 2. How did the nationalist movement of the 1930s, which many people looked up to turn into something as sinister as it is today. While most people look at groups like Azov and blood tribe as new version of…