Ukrainian home guards/ home defence ?
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Ukrainian home guards/ home defence ?
Hello,
were there any home guard/ defence ( heimatwehr/ heimatschutz ) units in Ukraine for local defence duties, that were not part of the schuma battalions ? Pete.
were there any home guard/ defence ( heimatwehr/ heimatschutz ) units in Ukraine for local defence duties, that were not part of the schuma battalions ? Pete.
Re: Ukrainian home guards/ home defence ?
Hi Pete,
local defense duties against whom?
local defense duties against whom?
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Re: Ukrainian home guards/ home defence ?
No Ukrainian Home Guards were established, though these were present in Estonia, Lithuania and Belarus. There might be some Tartar self-defense formations in Ukrainian Crimea before being transformed into schuma or ost battalions.
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Yes there were some home guard units. Originally called as "Ukrainski Kuschi Samo-oborony" (Ukrainian Self-Defence units). Formed from locals and originally under OUN control. Afterwards were either disbanned, integrated into police or transformed into Schuma battalions.
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Re: Ukrainian home guards/ home defence ?
To my understanding, Home Guards weren't self-defense forces. For example, in German-occupied Belarus, The Belarusian Home Guards refered to the BKA, while the Belarusian Self-Defense refered to the armed peasant irregulars established earlier than BKA.Askold wrote:Yes there were some home guard units. Originally called as "Ukrainski Kuschi Samo-oborony" (Ukrainian Self-Defence units). Formed from locals and originally under OUN control. Afterwards were either disbanned, integrated into police or transformed into Schuma battalions.
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Were these Home Guards supervised or controlled by German Ordnungspolizei?
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Moderately, Tom.