Behind the scenes, however, the US was supplying money, resources and weaponry to these extremist groups which were based primarily within the Western areas of Ukraine – the geographical area with the greatest number of Catholics. Whilst the Soviet Red Army moved forever onward toward Berlin in late 1944, the Special Forces of the NKVD were brought in behind its lines to take up the fight against the remaining ‘non-surrendered’ Nazi German Officers and the Ukrainian SS ‘Volunteers’ that they led! Their hide-outs were strewn throughout the forested areas of Western Ukraine – and the NKVD Special Force had to fight what should probably be termed ‘Neo-Nazi’ forces (as these battles extended beyond the formal ‘Surrender’ of Nazi Germany’s in 1945) – battles that lasted between the years of ‘1945-1947’. Indeed, the British BBC Journalist ‘Alexander Werth (based in the USSR during WWII ‘Dedicates’ his book entitled ‘Russia at War’ to a personal friend of his – who fought in the NKVD Special Forces during these brutal and bloody battles)!
