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Anti-partisan operations Ukraine

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Post by Viktor-SV » 26 Apr 2018, 08:53

Hello everybody.
It is known that Germans carried out anti-partisan operations. There is a lot of information about such operations in Belarus.
However, I did not meet such information in Ukraine.
Perhaps someone has some information about such operations.

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Post by lazybather » 26 Apr 2018, 09:50

Hi Viktor,

As an introduction to the subject you could read Philip W. Blood's 'Hitler's Bandit Hunter' and Perry Biddiscombe's 'The SS Bandit Hunters'.

I'm certain that other forum members could recommend state/regional archive sources.

Stuart. :-)


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Post by Jeff Leach » 26 Apr 2018, 10:38

You might try

'Wehrmacht und Besatzungspolitik in der Sowjetunion', Jörn Hasenclever
Varianten des Terrors, Herwig Baum - compares Romanian and German occupation polices in southern part of the Soviet Union
Besatzungspolitik und Massenmord, Andrej Angrick - Einsatzgruppe D in the southern Soviet Union 1941 - 1943

these should give you the back ground of the situation and hopefully points to material of more interest. There must be some books on the different Ukrainian partisans the OUN and OPA (I would be interested in some suggestions). In Galicia I think it was a free-for-all with the different ethnic groups killing each other (think there is a book covering it). If I remember correctly, things were pretty calm until after Kursk. The Ukrainian group fought the advancing Soviet forces as much as the retreating German forces. The partisan groups were only completely suppressed by Soviet security forces in the early 1950s. I did look around the internet a little and it may be that there were no large-scale anti-partisan operation in the Ukraine like there Belarus.

You might also look at

Nicht ermittelt, Stefan Klemp or Ordnungspolizei, Massimo Arico, which cover the German Order Police, some of which must have operated in the Ukraine.

Sorry I don't remember any books covering just what you are interested in.


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Post by Viktor-SV » 26 Apr 2018, 19:10

Jeff Leach wrote:You might try

'Wehrmacht und Besatzungspolitik in der Sowjetunion', Jörn Hasenclever
Varianten des Terrors, Herwig Baum - compares Romanian and German occupation polices in southern part of the Soviet Union
Besatzungspolitik und Massenmord, Andrej Angrick - Einsatzgruppe D in the southern Soviet Union 1941 - 1943

these should give you the back ground of the situation and hopefully points to material of more interest. There must be some books on the different Ukrainian partisans the OUN and OPA (I would be interested in some suggestions). In Galicia I think it was a free-for-all with the different ethnic groups killing each other (think there is a book covering it). If I remember correctly, things were pretty calm until after Kursk. The Ukrainian group fought the advancing Soviet forces as much as the retreating German forces. The partisan groups were only completely suppressed by Soviet security forces in the early 1950s. I did look around the internet a little and it may be that there were no large-scale anti-partisan operation in the Ukraine like there Belarus.

You might also look at

Nicht ermittelt, Stefan Klemp or Ordnungspolizei, Massimo Arico, which cover the German Order Police, some of which must have operated in the Ukraine.

Sorry I don't remember any books covering just what you are interested in.
Hello!
The book 'Wehrmacht und Besatzungspolitik in der Sowjetunion', Jörn Hasenclever, I reviewed, unfortunately, no specifics.
Another book, if I find it will look. In Ukraine it is difficult to get them.
The struggle of Ukrainian insurgents in Volhynia against the Germans began in the winter of 1943 and in the spring already reaches such proportions. That the general commissar of Volyn and Podillya Shane said: "The fact is that in such areas as Gorokhov, Lyubomil, Dubno, Kremenets and, in part, Lutsk, we must talk about the uprising".

Red banners also testify in the reports of strong German battles against the UPA.

I have some maps on this topic.
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https://collections.ushmm.org/search/catalog/pa1142726

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https://collections.ushmm.org/search/catalog/pa1142708

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Post by Jeff Leach » 26 Apr 2018, 21:29

I looked around some more and found a couple of books that might be of interest

Ethnic cleansing of Poles in Volhynia and eastern Galicia by Mikolaj Terles
Genocide and Rescue in Wolyn: Recollections of the Ukrainian Nationalist Ethnic Cleansing Campaign Against the Poles During World War II by Tadeusz Piotrowski
Wolyn Aflame by Filip Ozarowski

these are all about the Polish - Ukrainian conflict in the area.

Make sure to check out the NARA T501 rolls available concerning AGS. The available ones should be R5, 7, 9, 12, 19, 23, 36, 29. You can find most here.

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Post by Viktor-SV » 27 Apr 2018, 13:03

Jeff Leach wrote:I looked around some more and found a couple of books that might be of interest

Ethnic cleansing of Poles in Volhynia and eastern Galicia by Mikolaj Terles
Genocide and Rescue in Wolyn: Recollections of the Ukrainian Nationalist Ethnic Cleansing Campaign Against the Poles During World War II by Tadeusz Piotrowski
Wolyn Aflame by Filip Ozarowski

these are all about the Polish - Ukrainian conflict in the area.

Make sure to check out the NARA T501 rolls available concerning AGS. The available ones should be R5, 7, 9, 12, 19, 23, 36, 29. You can find most here.
Cloud 1 - he does not work, there is no access.

NARA T501 - R 7, 9, 12, 19 - I looked, I did not see anything interesting.

Curiosity can represent - NARA T501 - R 27, 28, 29, 88, 90, 222, 229, 231, 232, 242, 297, 348.
NARA T501 - R 28 there is information (Ukrainische Nationalistische Bewegung)

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Post by Jeff Leach » 27 Apr 2018, 14:56

It was T501 R29 that seemed to have interesting information

501 Roll 29: Army Area B (Heeresgebiet B), Russia May-Nov 43
Two DVDs with 1,406 images of reports from Befehlshaber Heeresgebiet B concerning the activities of various security divisions, 7 May - 14 Oct 43; correspondence on interned Italian forces and on Italian volunteers willing to fight in German units, 19 Sep - 11 Nov 43; reports on preparation for bringing in and guarding the harvest, 2 Feb 42 -19 Sep 43; reports on new combat methods used by partisan units and on German countermeasures, 9 Mar - 11 Nov 43; reports on security measures taken for the protection of railroads, transportation of security troops, as well as reports concerning the tactics of partisan groups, 23 Apr - 11 Nov 43.

I'll renew the link to Cloud 1 and post it after I get home. This should work Cloud1

I looked a little more and it seem that these book might give some information

The History of the Galician Division of the Waffen SS: On the Eastern Front: April 1943 to July 1944 Hardcover – 21 Jul 2016
by Michael James Melnyk

there is also a volume 2

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Post by Viktor-SV » 29 Apr 2018, 10:31

Jeff Leach wrote:It was T501 R29 that seemed to have interesting information

501 Roll 29: Army Area B (Heeresgebiet B), Russia May-Nov 43
Two DVDs with 1,406 images of reports from Befehlshaber Heeresgebiet B concerning the activities of various security divisions, 7 May - 14 Oct 43; correspondence on interned Italian forces and on Italian volunteers willing to fight in German units, 19 Sep - 11 Nov 43; reports on preparation for bringing in and guarding the harvest, 2 Feb 42 -19 Sep 43; reports on new combat methods used by partisan units and on German countermeasures, 9 Mar - 11 Nov 43; reports on security measures taken for the protection of railroads, transportation of security troops, as well as reports concerning the tactics of partisan groups, 23 Apr - 11 Nov 43.

I'll renew the link to Cloud 1 and post it after I get home. This should work Cloud1

I looked a little more and it seem that these book might give some information

The History of the Galician Division of the Waffen SS: On the Eastern Front: April 1943 to July 1944 Hardcover – 21 Jul 2016
by Michael James Melnyk

there is also a volume 2
Your link is missing NARA T501 R23, 29, 36.

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Post by Viktor-SV » 29 Apr 2018, 10:42

Another map showing the location of UPA troops (15.12.1943)
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Post by Jeff Leach » 30 Apr 2018, 06:20

Your link is missing NARA T501 R23, 29, 36
they are on one of the other two drives - Cloud2 or Cloud3.

Do you have a link to the last map you posted?

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Post by Viktor-SV » 30 Apr 2018, 07:39

Jeff Leach wrote:
Your link is missing NARA T501 R23, 29, 36
they are on one of the other two drives - Cloud2 or Cloud3.

Do you have a link to the last map you posted?
BA-MA Н 3/1439

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Post by Viktor-SV » 05 May 2018, 11:51

Someone knows something about Operation Shepetovka (Unternehmen "Schepetowka" 01.08.1943 - 23.09.1943) ???????
Shepetivka is a city in Ukraine
https://www.google.com.ua/maps?q=Shepet ... 4Q_AUICygC

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Post by Viktor-SV » 10 May 2018, 12:17

This is a German document on the plan to combat the UPA. The Ukrainian insurgents managed to get this document and put it on Ukrainian.
The document dates from June 7, 1943.
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This document refers to a department or militant group "Birger" (?)
According to this document, the SD teams were located in the following cities: Lyuboml, Volodymyr, Gorokhov, Dubna.

District Lyuboml
2 platoons of gendarmerie in Lubomlie
1 platoon of gendarmerie in Shatsk

District Volodymyr: Headquarters
3 departments of the squadron and 1 platoon of the gendarmerie in Volodymyr
1 platoon of gendarmerie in Poritsk

District of Gorokhov
2 platoons of the gendarmerie in the Gorokhov or in the Konnuts
2 platoons of gendarmerie in Berestechko
1 platoon of gendarmerie in Kisilin
1 platoon of gendarmerie in the Corinthians

Also, the document mentions 35 police rifle regiments

Motorized platoons of the gendarmerie are mentioned 47, 48, 58, 60

The document is signed by Brigadenführer SS Wilhelm Gunter
Commander SS and Police in the General District of Volyn-Podillya.

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Re: Anti-partisan operations Ukraine

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Post by Viktor-SV » 26 May 2018, 21:09

Unternehmen "Weichsel III" (01.08-10.08.1943)
The transaction was conducted on the territory of Wolyn (Ukraine).
Before the operation were involved:
825 Volga-Tatar battalion
102 Cossack Cavalry Division
and units from 4th, 12th, 13th and 26th SS Police regiments

Perhaps somebody knows the details?

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