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Some 2000 young Ukrainian nationalists, carrying torches, march in Lviv late on January 29, 2011 to mark the 93rd anniversary of a battle near the small city of Kruty. 300 students, cadets and schoolboys were killed, during a combat against the regular Red Army on Jan. 29, 1918, to protect the new-born Ukraine's People Republic against Bolshevik aggression.
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Ukrainian Nazis, great!
What NAZIS? They were fighting for their freedom from the Russians at the Battle of Ktuty. Get a clue.
Concur, they weren't Nazis. Ukrainian nationalism is understandable here. Can you imagine sixth grade Ukrainian boys having the courage to fight and die as 200 of them did against a trained Russian army armed with artillery which they didn't have. That kind of courage at that age is amazing.
Wait what? The Cadet Corps of the 1st Ukrainian military school were 6th graders? I would like to know where you found this information as everything ive read says nothing about that.
And what about "14. Waffen-Grenadierdivsion der SS (Ukrainische Nr. 1«Galizien" - 14 Waffen-SS Division "Galichina": more than 100000 ukrainian volunteers...
According to Wiki this force was made up of 300 students in addition to regular military.
It is the symbol that makes me nervous.
Not to worry, it much more resembles the New York Yankees logo than an SS standard or a Hakenkreuz.
Of course, the press is going to focus on the nazi-like rightists to discredit the whole thing.....which helps the "bad guy in the neighborhood" Russia out immensely.
A little less propaganda please...
Unfortunately some people are much better at typing than reading and comprehension. If you can read, be thankful. And some more background. Ukraine is made up of two people ethnic Russians and Ukrainians, and the school spirit and pride competition can be strong especially since Ukrainians have been killed in great numbers by the Russians during the famine near the time of World War 2.
schoolboys=6th grade? nothing on the web about the history of the fight says anything about 6th graders.
Actually, there is: Wikipedia states that the youngest soldier was Leonid Butkevych, who was in the sixth grade
On a side note I bet no one trys to sneak into that country...
The Swastika symbol was a national emblem of Finland - long before the Nazi's took it over; and put bad connotations with it. I think the original Finnish emblem was also orientated differently.