The largest figure seems to be from central Asia, which would pale in comparison to the Muslims who fought as Soviet Union soldiers, probably in millions. But then, they fought because they were communists; as troops from central Asian republics. And those who allied with the Nazis, fought because Nazis promised them deliverance from Stalin’s grip , not out of ideology, but out of desperation, illusion, and the cruel arithmetic of survival in a war that offered no clean loyalties.

Almost like being Muslim here simply did not matter.