With the beginning of the Operation Barbarossa more than 100,000 Ukrainians volunteered for the fight against Stalin and communism. These volunteers were put into Scutzmannschafts-Bataillone under the control of the German Police. After Stalingrad however, Ukrainians were allowed to build up a division sized unit for the frontline. Around 15,000 Ukrainians were drafted and their first combat was at the Brody front in Galicia in summer 1944. SELLING POINTS: ?Detailed combat history of a very obscure SS grenadier division ?Unit fought on eastern front including Brody in Galicia ?Rare photographs, maps, documents, and veteran recollections ILLUSTRATIONS 100 b/w images
