Hate to sound like a complete hater, but given the central control tendencies of the current wheelhouse team, I'd be hugely surprised if PMO knew nothing beforehand. I stand to be corrected, though ...
and how many hours after the event were required before the shit hit the fan? Somebody didn't do their job correctly or is too young to have appreciated the significance since the events of WW2 are not really taught anymore
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Except Mr Hunka looks to be born in Urman Poland and was a citizen of Poland - as were quite a few of the SS Galicia Division. Fighting against Communism is well and good - but being a citizen in an Allied Country and taking up arms for the conqueror of the country of your birth is an entirely different matter. Its the same as a French citizen joining the SS Charlemagne Division, a Walloon (Belgian) joining the SS Wallonie, a Fleming (Flemish speaking Belgian citizen) joining the SS Flemish Legion, a Dutch citizen joining the SS Nederland Division, Danes and Norwegians joining the SS Panzer Division Wiking - etc, etc, etc.Only if you consider the communists a legitimate government.
There are millions of Ukrainians which didn't then nor now. For them these were freedom fighters saving them from communist oppression.
The issue is much more complex than the CSA seceding over the issue of slavery.
Pedantic point: Depending where one was at the time, fighting Russia in Poland could be very well Polish nationalism.
Good, it's only ridiculous that they have to call for him to resign, vice him doing it on his own.
He can stay , he will . a lot of Liberals will support him because the whip said so. And a few Conservatives will because they're just dumb enough to think some of that far right base they're trying to develop might have a soft spot for 98 year old Nazis...
Good vs Bad gets kind of complicated; is Russia in WW2 good or bad, considering their casualty rate and subsequent slaughter of millions that made the holocaust look like a warmup? Also, firebombing Dresden, nuking Japan twice and some other things the allies did is pretty questionable. WW2 looks pretty black and white until you poke at it, and realize there were Nazi parties in most allied countries, and weird bedfellows on both sides. The narrative is a bit of a retconn, as we only did something when they invaded France and Britain, not in the decade or so that lead up to it.
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Which is reasonable, but at the same time, there are lots of immigrants that fought on the Axis side who don't get fetted as heroes in Parliament.More details.
The complicated truth about Yaroslav Hunka
The 98-year-old WWII veteran Yaroslav Hunka was invited to the Parliament of Canada. Later, he was accused of involvement in the Holocaust.
Thanks for this - via a pro-Ukrainian/anti-USSR 2.0 source, it helps paint more of the bigger picture, including a reminder of this probe ...More details.
The complicated truth about Yaroslav Hunka
The 98-year-old WWII veteran Yaroslav Hunka was invited to the Parliament of Canada. Later, he was accused of involvement in the Holocaust.
It's one thing to have fought in the Wehrmacht or in the Italian Army; it's quite something else to have been a member of the Waffen-SS.
