With the beginning of the Operation Barbarossa more than 100,000 Ukrainians volunteered for the fight against Stalin and communismn. These volunteers were put into Schutzmannschafts-Bataillone under the control of the German Police. After Stalingrad however, Ukrainians were allowed to build up a division sized unit for the frontline. Around 15,000 Ukrainians were drafted and their first combat was at the Brody front in Galicia in summer 1944.
| ISBN: | 9780764333491 |
| Publication date: | 23rd November 2009 |
| Author: | Rolf Michaelis |
| Publisher: | Schiffer Publishing Ltd |
| Format: | Hardback |
| Pagination: | 128 pages |
| Genres: |
Military history |