Bandera was imprisoned in a Nazi concentration camp. Two of his brothers died in a Nazi concentration camp. To allied himself with the Nazis for a short time AFTERWARD to try and liberate Ukraine from the Soviets.
In the 1950s he was essentially an ally of the United States against the Soviets. He was so successful that the Soviets had him assassinated in West Germany.
These facts don’t get posted very often.
Hi Vladimir998.
As you probably know, Ukrainian units founded by Stepan Bandera (OUN-B) mass murdered 70-100 thousands polish Civilians.
This was not military combat, this was Ukrainian ideologue troops mass murdering civilian people.
Can you explain to me what this had to do with fighting the soviets? It had nothing to do with that.
It is interesting to see Freepers minimizing and dismissing mass murders led by Ukrainians.
But the real question is can’t they choose heroes who didn’t inspire and participate in mass murders?
And why only talk about Stepan Bandera? There are many others mentioned in this article who participated in mass murders, and are singled out for honor by Ukraine with statues and street names.