a glorified political puppet since the beginning of WWII
Keep on reading this story. The nationalists generally turned against Stalin AND Hitler at the same time by the mid war. Some even having deserted both of their forces. (That's in addition to having had deserted from the Polish army. 1939, 1941, 1943.)
That the Germans, let's say, mismanaged the Reichskommisariat Ukraine (very Stalinist style, including keeping the kolkhoz system, confiscating food to the point of starvation, and taking people away for forced labor) was only German fault and America actually didn't "entirely control" the Nazi polices.
Keep on reading this story. The nationalists generally turned against Stalin AND Hitler at the same time by the mid war. Some even having deserted both of their forces. (That's in addition to having had deserted from the Polish army. 1939, 1941, 1943.)
That the Germans, let's say, mismanaged the Reichskommisariat Ukraine (very Stalinist style, including keeping the kolkhoz system, confiscating food to the point of starvation, and taking people away for forced labor) was only German fault and America actually didn't "entirely control" the Nazi polices.