History Summery

Question of Rieber:

How does Rieber define “civil wars” that were taking place in the Western Eurasian borderlands during WWII? In what ways these civil wars were different from other civil wars that took place in other countries during the modern period?

What differences existed among the Nazi German leadership on the question of policy to be pursued with respect of different ethnic groups in the occupied part of the Soviet Union?

What were the goals of Hitler and of Stalin with respect to Western Eurasian borderlands, and how did they differ?

What were the main stages of the civil wars in the Western Eurasian borderlands?

What kind of Ukrainian nationalist forces were active in the territories occupied by the Germans and what were the differences between them?

What were the main outcomes of the first stage of these civil wars? What developments characterize the second stage of the civil wars? What changes took place during the third stage of the civil wars?

What tactics did the Soviet authorities employ in order to undermine the anti-Soviet resistance movements and re-sovetize the territories that were won back from Nazi Germany in 1944 -1945.?