| Ukrainian Legion of Self-Defense | |
|---|---|
| Founded | 1942-1945 |
| Country |  Ukraine |
| Branch | OUN-M |
| Type | Infantry Unit |
| Role | Normal Unit |
| Size | 500 - 1000 soldiers |
The Ukrainian Self-Defence Legion or Volyn Legion, also Schutzmannschaft Bataillon der Sicherheitspolizei 31 - Ukrainian collaborative volunteer armed formation during World War II.[1]
This was a Ukrainian military formation within the Third Reich's Armed Forces, created in September 1943 on the basis of OUN(m) rebel units in Volhynia, whose command, as a result of a confrontation with the OUN ( b), decided on an agreement with the Germans to protect the Ukrainian population from armed attacks by Polish and Soviet partisans.
- ^ Radchenko, Yuri; Usach, Andrii (2020). ""For the Eradication of Polish and Jewish-Muscovite Rule in Ukraine": An Examination of the Crimes of the Ukrainian Legion of Self-Defense". Holocaust and Genocide Studies. 34 (3): 450–477. doi:10.1093/hgs/dcaa056.