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Forschungsmitarbeiter Mitch Williamson is a technical writer with an interest in military and naval affairs. He has published articles in Cross & Cockade International and Wartime magazines. He was research associate for the Bio-history Cross in the Sky, a book about Charles ‘Moth’ Eaton’s career, in collaboration with the flier’s son, Dr Charles S. Eaton. He also assisted in picture research for John Burton’s Fortnight of Infamy. Mitch is now publishing on the WWW various specialist websites combined with custom website design work. He enjoys working and supporting his local C3 Church. “Curate and Compile“
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UKRAINIANS IN RUSSIAN [German] FORMATIONS

As the German army was beginning to suffer its defeats from the Soviets, various military formations were formed from the…

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FEATURED WEBSITE: Ukrainian formations in German and Axis armies.

This site is on the Ukrainian formations in German and Axis armies. 14th SS Galicia Division is in bold, this…

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THE UKRAINIAN INSURGENT ARMY: THE WORLD WAR II COMBATANTS IN UKRAINE

Although they have not yet been recognized by the Ukrainian state as war veterans who deserve official government pensions, the…

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ARMOUR OF THE 1st DIVISION OF ROA

There were about one million Russian volunteers in the German army still in 1944 there. In autumn 1944 two infantry…

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UWW

The UVV armlet In spring 1943 the Ukrainians who served in Wehrmacht and in some of the Schutzmannschaft Bataillonen were…

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Bataillon Nachtigal

Bataillon Nachtigal The formation of the ‘Nachtigal’ battalion (‘Nightingale’) began in Krakov in March, 1941. The formation centre was located…

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Polesskaja Setsch

In August 1941 Taras Bulba-Borovets formed the “Polesskaya Host” detachment — the Ukrainian militia armed unit. It had German arms…

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Ukrainische Legion

This unit was created before the German invasion to Poland. Together with Slovenian volunteers it fought in the Polish campaign…

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Ukrainian National Army (UNA)

Ukrainian National Army became the largest Ukrainian formation during the war and included most of Ukrainian volunteers from the German…

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Legion Roland

Just like Legion Nachtigal, Roland was set up by OUN prior the German Invasion to Soviet Union. The training began…