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- Title
Ukrainians in the German Armed Forces During the Second World War.
- Authors
Khromeychuk, Olesya
- Abstract
During the Second World War large numbers of inhabitants of central, eastern and southern Europe joined the German Armed Forces. Among them were around 250,000 soldiers who identified themselves as Ukrainian. They served in the Wehrmacht, as well as the Waffen SS; a considerable number of them also served in the auxiliary police. They were motivated to join the German Armed Forces by a combination of different factors. This article aims to shed some light on the broad range of circumstances that facilitated the recruitment of thousands of Ukrainians to fight on the side of the Third Reich. It discusses several well-known formations that were comprised of Ukrainians, such as the Nachtigall and Roland battalions and the Waffen SS 'Galicia' Division, as well as other units that have not been widely discussed in an academic context.
- Subjects
WORLD War II; UKRAINIANS; GERMANY. Wehrmacht; WAFFEN-SS; NAZI Germany, 1933-1945
- Publication
History, 2015, Vol 100, Issue 343, p704
- ISSN
0018-2648
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1111/1468-229X.12129