Ukrainian Legion of Self-Defense

The Ukrainian Legion of Self-Defense (German: Ukrainische Selbstschutz Legion; Ukrainian: Український легіон самооборони, Ukrains’kyi Legion Samooborony) was a Ukrainian collaborationist formation during World War II known for its war crimes. == Formation in Volhynia == The OUN-M began forming partisan units in Volhynia in parallel with the Bandera faction at the turn of 1942 and 1943.

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