Ukrainian serving with the German army, Russian Front, 1941-1944. Detail from a German propaganda poster. When the Germans invaded the Soviet Union in 1941, many Ukrainians welcomed them as liberators. Western Ukraine was occupied by the Soviets in 1939. Under German occupation, Ukrainian nationalist partisans fought on both sides. The photographer is unknown.

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Keywords: 1900s, archival, archive, army, front, german, historic, historical, history, ii, nationalist, occupation, partisans, propaganda, russian, soviet, ukrainian, union, war, world