The Kalmucks believed the Soviet propaganda that this was a patriotic war aimed at forestalling German world hegemony, and they willingly joined in the war effort against the Germans, suffering considerable casualties in the process.
「儘管喀爾瑪克人對共產政權非常怨懣，但他們還是相信了俄國政府的宣傳號召﹘﹘這是一場國土保衛戰，不能讓德國奪取世界霸權；並且竭盡全力加入戰爭、對抗德軍」，許多歷史觀察家如此描述。