Ukrainian Legion of Self-Defense

Ukrainian Legion of Self-Defense
Founded1942-1945
Country Ukraine
BranchOUN-M
TypeInfantry Unit
RoleNormal Unit
Size500 - 1000 soldiers

The Ukrainian Self-Defence Legion or Volyn Legion, also Schutzmannschaft Bataillon der Sicherheitspolizei 31 - Ukrainian collaborative volunteer armed formation during World War II.

This was a Ukrainian military formation within the Third Reich's Armed Forces, created in September 1943 on the basis of OUN(m) rebel units in Volhynia, whose command, as a result of a confrontation with the OUN ( b), decided on an agreement with the Germans to protect the Ukrainian population from armed attacks by Polish and Soviet partisans.

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