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The 14th Waffen Grenadier Division of the SS (1st Galician) (German: 14. Waffen-Grenadier-Division der SS (galizische Nr. 1); Ukrainian: 14-та гренадерська дивізія СС «Галичина», romanized: 14-ta hrenaderska dyviziya SS "Halychyna"), commonly referred to as the Galicia Division, was a World War II infantry division of the Waffen-SS, the military wing of the ...
On 28 April 1943, the German Governor of the District of Galicia, Otto Wächter, and the local Ukrainian administration officially declared the creation of the SS Division Galicia. Volunteers signed for service as of 3 June 1943 and numbered 80,000. [ 43 ]
Yaroslav Ilkovych Hunka (Ukrainian: Ярослав Ількович Гунька; Polish: Jarosław Hunka; born March 19, 1925) is a Ukrainian-Canadian World War II veteran of the 14th Waffen Grenadier Division of the SS (1st Galician)—abbreviated [a] as SS Galizien—a military formation of Nazi Germany.
Date of birth 20.8.1912. SS-Hstuf.20.4.1939; SD-Hauptamt; SD in Lutsk. Killed 22.7.1944; Leader of the Ukrainian Self_Defense Legion. In retaliation for his death, 44 villagers of Chłaniów and Władysławin Poland were killed by the Ukrainian Self_Defense Legion. 49 786 721 802 Karl Babor [17] Georg Bachmayer [18] Klaus Barbie: Born 25 ...
] Two soldiers of the 14th Waffen Grenadier Division of the SS Galicia (1st Ukrainian) Division of the Waffen-SS were killed and one wounded by the villagers. On February 28, elements of the Ukrainian 14th SS Division from Brody returned with 500–600 men, assisted by a group of civilian nationalists. The killing spree lasted all day.
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Anna Reid (1999), Borderland: a journey through the history of Ukraine. SS division ‘SS Galicia’ [148] the division; Paul Robert Magocsi (1996), A History of Ukraine. Galicia Division [index entry] SS Galicia Division (German: Waffen SS Division Galizien) [627–28] The Dyviziia, as it was known in Ukrainian; the Galicia Division; Galicia ...
Part of SS Waffen Gebirgsjäger Regiment 2 under 13th Division of the SS Handschar [69] 14th Waffen Grenadier Division of the SS (1st Galician/Ukrainian) July 1943 [61] Ukrainian volunteers [61] n/a In November 1944, renamed 1st Ukrainian Division of the Ukrainian National Army" (1st UD UNA). [64] [20] [h] 15th Waffen Grenadier Division of the ...