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The Cossacks who wore German uniforms saw their service not as treason to the motherland, but as an episode in the revolution of 1917, part of an ongoing struggle against Moscow and against Communism. Their reward was forced repatriation into Stalin's Gulag at the hands of Western powers in 1945.

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Newland clarifies an unfamiliar, often misunderstood aspect fo the history of World War Two. The Cossacks who wore German uniforms saw their service not as treason to the motherland, but as an episode in the revolution of 1917, part of an ongoing struggle agains Moscow and against Communism. The reward was forced repatriation into Stalin's Gulag at the hands of the Western powers in 1945 - Professor Denis Showalter

Newland clarifies an unfamiliar, often misunderstood aspect fo the history of World War Two. The Cossacks who wore German uniforms saw their service not as treason to the motherland, but as an episode in the revolution of 1917, part of an ongoing struggle agains Moscow and against Communism. The reward was forced repatriation into Stalin's Gulag at the hands of the Western powers in 1945 - Professor Denis Showalter

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Samuel J. Newland

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