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Reichskommissariat Ukraine During World War II, (abbreviated as RKU) was the civilian occupation regime () of much of Nazi German-occupied Ukraine (which included adjacent areas of modern-day Belarus and pre-war Second Polish Republic). It was governed by the Reich Min ...

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Infantry Infantry is a military specialization which engages in ground combat on foot. Infantry generally consists of light infantry, mountain infantry, motorized infantry & mechanized infantry, airborne infantry, air assault infantry, and mar ...

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Division Division or divider may refer to: Mathematics *Division (mathematics), the inverse of multiplication *Division algorithm, a method for computing the result of mathematical division Military *Division (military), a formation typically consisting ...

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World War II World War II or the Second World War, often abbreviated as WWII or WW2, was a world war that lasted from 1939 to 1945. It involved the vast majority of the world's countries—including all of the great powers—forming two opposing ...

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Petro Dyachenko Petro Havrylovych Dyachenko (January 30, 1895 - April 23, 1965) was Ukrainian Military Leader, commander of the Black Zaporozhets, the 2nd division of the Ukrainian National Army, the anti-tank brigade "Free Ukraine". Military ranks — colon ...

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, identification_symbol_label = Insignia of the Ukrainian Liberation Army The Ukrainian Liberation Army ( uk, Українське Визвольне Військо, УВВ; ''Ukrainske Vyzvolne Viysko'', UVV) was an umbrella organization created in 1943, providing collective name for all Ukrainian units serving with the German Army during

. A single formation by that name did not exist. The designation was used by Ukrainian nationalists in reference to a number of companies and local '' Ostbataillonen'' of Hiwi volunteers desiring to free their own territories from the Soviet rule. They included enlisted Ukrainian prisoners of war (POWs) of the Red Army. The core of the Liberation Army wearing the УВВ sleeve badge (right, since 1945) originated from the 14th Waffen Grenadier Division of the SS (1st Ukrainian) reorganized in April 1945 into the

Ukrainian National Army Ukrainian National Army (UNA) was a World War II Ukrainian military group, created on March 17, 1945 in Weimar, Germany, and subordinate to Ukrainian National Committee. The army, formed on April 15, 1945, and commanded by General Pavlo Shandruk ...

(UNA) active until the German surrender in May 1945.

Command

The Ukrainian collaborationist forces were composed of an estimated number of 180,000 volunteers serving with units scattered all over Europe. In April 1945, numerous remnants of the UVV were incorporated into the short-lived

commanded by general Pavlo Shandruk, disbanded in May 1945.

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{{reflist Foreign volunteer units of the Wehrmacht Military history of Ukraine Military units and formations established in 1943 Military units and formations disestablished in 1945 Ukrainian collaborators with Nazi Germany Collaboration with the Axis Powers

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