@Gargron if anyone sides with Russia, they would've sided with Hitler. Remember these people. They are sociopaths.
@jonn i think that there was definitely a split between, say, waffen-ss invaders going into foreign countries in '41, and reservists trying to fend off the red army in berlin in '45.
also, civilians are almost never directly responsible for what their national military does, it's almost always literally impossible to exert any amount of control over them. most civilians are always against war of any kind unless they are sucked in with lies.