OUN Uprising of 1939
| OUN Uprising of 1939 | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Part of Invasion of Poland and Polish-Ukrainian ethnic conflict | |||||||
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| Belligerents | |||||||
| Poland |
OUN Supported by: Abwehr | ||||||
| Commanders and leaders | |||||||
| Stefan Dembiński |
Andriy Melnyk Wilhelm Canaris | ||||||
| Strength | |||||||
| Unknown | 7,729 | ||||||
| Casualties and losses | |||||||
|
769 killed 37 wounded 3,610 captured |
160 killed 53 wounded | ||||||
| 3,000 Polish civilians killed | |||||||
The OUN Uprising of 1939 (Polish: Dywersja OUN w 1939 roku, Ukrainian: Повстання ОУН 1939 року, romanized: Povstannya OUN 1939 roku) were sabotage actions by supporters and militias of the Organisation of Ukrainian Nationalists carried out during the Invasion of Poland. The uprising was inspired by the Third Reich's interests in weakening Polish forces behind the main front.