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Very interesting story. Many people don't know this but every country in eastern Europe was on the side of the German with the exception being Poland. But things got real complicated as the war wore on.
The story very much wasn't pleasant. I treat Russian and the Soviet Union without sympathy, but that is described in article is the fairy tale for the internal American use, excuse. For example doesn't speak why the Soviet soldiers (not Russian, but Soviet as in their ranks were not only Russian, but also many other, include Estonians) pursued the father and the brother, and Germans didn't pursue? And why other 99 % of Estonians didn't leave with Germans, and remained in Estonian Soviet Socialist Republic, endured Soviet occupation and now build New Estonia, but Aino didn't?
My dad fought in WWII, landed on Normandy 4 days after D Day. His batallion was surrounded by Germans for 6 days on a hill near Mortain, France. He never talked much about the war, but, a few years ago, my mother, brother and I talked him into putting his stories in book form. He carried a little tape recorder around with him and when he thought of something that happened, he'd turn the recorder on and tell his story. They (Daddy and Mama) had someone transcribe all the tapes and save it to disk. They would somehow get on the computer (they were in their 80s and doing good to know how to turn it on! lol) and go through everything, trying to put it all in order, get the names straight, etc. My wife is a computer whiz and they would call every now and then with "I hit a button and everything disappeared! What do I do?" Or similar problems. If she couldn't talk them through the correction over the phone we'd make a trip 50 miles to straighten it out on weekends. Anyway, between my parents, my wife's tech support, and my nephew working in a place that could print the books at a BIG discount, we now have my dad's military career from the day he went for his physical till the day he was discharged. We just printed enough for family members (about 50 books) and passed them out. I wouldn't take a million dollars for my copy. If any of you have a veteran in your family from WWII, talk to them into doing something like this or, if nothing else just write down their stories. You'll never regret it!
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