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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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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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Problems in Poland
After World War One, Germany was forced to give up much of its territory. Along with this was the creation of a new political state known as Poland, which gained much of Germany’s old territory. Along with its new territory, Poland also acquired multiple pockets of ethnic German populations. The Pols were not kind to…
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Peace Deals
While the whole world was looking to start a war and finish Germany, Germany was doing to exact opposite, trying to look for ways to form peace instead. Germany was trying to rebuild her military back even before Hitler got elected to power, it was in violation of the Treaty of Versailles. Many of the…
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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…
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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…