User:Bandurist/Ukrainian military groups during WWII

Wehrmacht formations

 * Roland Battalion
 * Nachtigall Battalion

Within the Wehrmacht Ukrainian propaganda was banned. 17th volunteer Army (set up in Crimea in December 1943. Destroyed in May 1944 by Soviet forces)
 * 96 - (Ukrainian) company of engineers
 * 562 -(Ukrainian)- motorised
 * 666 - (Ukrainian) - motorised

49th corpus of 17th Army
 * 64 - (Ukrainian) company of engineers
 * 101 - (Ukrainian) company of engineers

5th Army corpus of the 17th Army
 * 131 - (Ukrainian) company of engineers
 * 9 - (Ukrainian) company of engineers

Ukrainian Free Cossacks (1942- ) Initiated by General M. Omelianovych-Pavlenko from remenants of Taras Bulba-Borovetz's UNRA

Sum Division - set up from POW's 10,000 soldiers fighting for the Germans under Kharkiv. Destroyed at Stalingrad. Under the command of von Schtumpfeld.

Abwehr formations
Intelligence gathering groups.


 * 101 - Abwehrkomand in Stalino
 * 102 - (or AK 1A) in Poltava, Kharkiv defunct by 1944. Oversaw Abwehr groups 104, 105, 106, 169, 173 and the Poltava spy school.
 * 104 - Under the command of the 6th army. From May 1943 part of the 4th Tank army. Functioned out of Rivne.
 * 203 - (Sonderkomand-203) also known as Bautrupp-203. Fought on the 2nd Ukrainian front.
 * 202 -
 * 204 -
 * 206 -
 * 220 -

SS formations
14th Waffen Grenadier Division of the SS Galicia (1st Ukrainian)

Ukrainian Police formations
In Central Ukraine
 * 101-111
 * 113-126
 * 129-131
 * 134-140
 * 143-146
 * 157-169


 * 109
 * 115
 * 166 - Schutzmanschaftbattalion

In Western Ukraine - Galizia
 * 4 regiment- Schutzmanschaftbattalion" also labelled Galizien (Number 4 Galizische - Frewillige Regiment) - Huta Pieniacka massacre


 * 201-212


 * 201 - Шуцманшафт (курень ім. Є. Коновальця) (с. 182) Made up from soldiers or Roland and Nachtigal after their liquidation. Formed 21 October 1941. 4 companies comanded by R. Shukhevych, M. Brigider, Leutnant Sydor, leutnant Pavlyk. Formal comander was E. Pobihushchy. The German commander was Moch. German police uniforms. Sent to Belarus March 16, 1942. Under the comand of J. Jakoby.

According to Chuyev H. Himmler ordered on July 5, 1943 the formation of 5 regiments - Number 4-8 Galizische - Frewillige Regiment. According to some documents these regiments were Police battalions. These regiments were trained in German police methods. The command was made up of German Volksdeutsch from Slovakia although medical and clerical positions were Ukrainian. The regiment was placed in the absurd position of keeping the peace between the police divisions and the SS. Youths who were not suitable to serve in the SS battalions, being between 160-164 cm of height were recruited. According to Chuyev most of the combatants were "raw material" and did not have any military training. 90% of the volunteers had just turned 18 years of age[1]. .
 * 204 - Shuma battalion (p 204)

The 4th regiment (which on January 4, 1944 became known as the 204th Ukrainian Police battalion) was commanded by Major Bintz and was stationed in the region of Zolochiv, Brody, Radekhiv and Zbarazh. The regiment had huge losses during the Soviet attack durintg the Lviv-Sandomir operation. The regiment was in the centre of the attack by the

German commanders
Hanz-Albrecht Herzner Brandenburger Oberleutenant Dr. - Roland

Theodor Oberländer. (Oberländer was later to become minister for Immigration in the Federal Republic of Germany.) - Nachtigall

The commander-in-chief was SS Oberführer Fritz Freitag

Sturmbannführer (Major) Wolf Heike was the chief of staff

Sturmbannführer (Major) Binz and Obersturmbannführer (Lieutenant-Colonel) Franz Lechthaler were commanders of police regiments

Ukrainian commanders
Roman Shukhevych

Actions
Huta Pieniacka massacre