From Ukraine to Poland to Estonia, across the Eastern Front, partisans and guerrillas fought for the independence of their nations—from both nazi Germany and the communist USSR. 

And yes, I call communists and nazis "con artists," "fools" and "dupes."

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Map: Operation Barbarossa, 22 June 1941

You can see the Baltic States and key cities, including Tallinn, Narva, RIga, and Vilnius. 

Nazi Germany's war flag

Sources

Antony Beevor, The Second World War. London: Little, Brown and Company, 2012.

Robert Magosci, A History of Ukraine. Toronto: University of Toronto Press, 1996.

Orest Subtelny, Ukraine: A History. Toronto: University of Toronto Press, 1988.

Wikipedia:

• Polish resistance movement in World War II

Larysa Zariczniak, "The Ukrainian Trial of the Century: Bilas and Danylyshyn," Wandering the Edge podcast, 15 August 2023. https://www.wanderingtheedge.net/podcast/episode/4bd50314/the-ukrainian-trial-of-the-century-bilas-and-danylyshyn