Due to Chechens' refusal to accept Russian rule, a number of violent conflicts erupted in Chechnya in attempt to free Chechnya from Russia. This has often met with brutal reprisals by the Russian authorities, such as the bloody repression of Chechens in 1932 by the Soviet military. In the World War II, the Soviet authorities blamed Chechens for supporting Nazi Germany, resulting with the tragic Aardakh which many Chechens were deported to Siberia and Central Asia, many had died on its brutal journey. These tensions were superseded with the ethnic conflict in 1950s and 1960s, where Russians and Chechens clashed in Grozny; Soviet authorities had largely sided with Russians against Chechens.