Monday, September 15, 2008

Polesskaja Setsch

In August 1941 Taras Bulba-Borovets formed the "Polesskaya Host" detachment -- the Ukrainian militia armed unit. It had German arms and counted about 3.000 persons. Its mission was to clean the swampy and woody region of north-western Ukraine (and partially Byelorussia) from the remains of Red Army and Soviet partisans. On the October 15th, 1941 the detachment was disarmed and dismissed. Lack of equipment was the official reason, but the pressure of SD -- the true one.

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