Mushroom
Gold Member
As I recall my history, the Germans were initially welcome as liberators by many who suffered under Stalin.
Primarily in the area around the Ukraine, which felt the heel of Stalin's pogrom's and mass starvation the most seriously.
However, Germany was unable to be a "kindly occupier", and even what support they often got normally eroded quickly. And in the end, even many hardened anti-Communists held their nose and supported the Soviets back in.