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Originally Posted by joea
Gents are we forgetting most of the ordinary Soviet soldiers were fighting an enemy that invaded their homeland, not for conquest (even if it happened after the war of course) and that more than a few Estonians not only collaborated but were in the SS as well.
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Many people from all of Russia's neighbors sided with the Germans, at least at the start of the invasion. One, they hated Russia. Two, they hated Jews.
For folks in Eastern Europe there was little difference in Russian foreign policy, and Soviet foreign policy.
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