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roland battalion wikipedia jump to content main menu main menu move to sidebar hide navigation main page contents current events random article about wikipedia contact us contribute help learn to edit community portal recent changes upload file special pages search search appearance donate create account log in personal tools donate create account log in contents move to sidebar hide top 1 formation 2 operational history 3 dissolution 4 references toggle the table of contents roland battalion 11 languages العربية čeština español français italiano polski português русский svenska українська 中文 edit links article talk english read edit view history tools tools move to sidebar hide actions read edit view history general what links here related changes upload file permanent link page information cite this page get shortened url switch to legacy parser print export download as pdf printable version in other projects wikimedia commons wikidata item appearance move to sidebar hide from wikipedia the free encyclopedia military unit this article relies on a single source please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources unsourced material may be challenged and removed find sources roland battalion news newspapers books scholar jstor april 2023 learn how and when to remove this message roland battalion leadership of the battalion from left to right sergeants richard yary yevhen pobihushchyi platoon commanders omelian herman and liubomyr ortynskyi active 25 february to late october 1941 country nazi germany branch abwehr size 240 to 650 1 engagements world war ii operation barbarossa commanders notable commanders yevhen pobihushchyi ren military unit the roland battalion german battalion ukrainische gruppe roland officially known as special group roland 2 was a subunit under the command of the german military intelligence agency s the abwehr s special operations unit lehrregiment brandenburg z b v 800 in 1941 it and the nachtigall battalion were the two military units set up following the 25 february 1941 decision by the head of the abwehr admiral wilhelm franz canaris who sanctioned the recruitment of a ukrainian legion uk ukrainian дружини українських націоналістів lit legions of ukrainian nationalists under german command the roland battalion formed in mid april 1941 350 strong and initially based in the ostmark present day austria was composed primarily of volunteers of ukrainian ethnicity living in german occupied poland and directed to the unit by orders the organization of ukrainian nationalists oun under stepan bandera 3 in germany in november 1941 the ukrainian personnel of the legion nachtigall and roland battalions was reorganized into schutzmannschaft battalion 201 it numbered 650 persons who served for a year in the occupied byelorussian soviet socialist republic present day belarus before disbanding 4 formation edit prior to operation barbarossa both stepan bandera and andriy melnyk who led rival branches of the organization of ukrainian nationalists actively cooperated with nazi germany citation needed according to the national academy of sciences of ukraine and other sources bandera held meetings with the heads of germany s intelligence regarding the formation of the nachtigall and roland battalions on 25 february 1941 the head of the abwehr wilhelm franz canaris sanctioned the creation of the ukrainian legion under german command the unit would have had 800 persons roman shukhevych became a commander of the legion from the oun b side oun expected that the unit would become the core of the future ukrainian army in the spring the oun received 2 5 million marks for subversive activities against the ussr 5 6 in the spring of 1941 the legion was reorganized into 2 units one of the units became known as nachtigall battalion a second became the roland battalion and the remainder was immediately dispatched into soviet union to sabotage the red army s rear 7 the battalion was set up by the abwehr and organized by richard yary of the oun b in march 1941 prior to the german invasion of the soviet union approximately 350 bandera s oun followers were trained at the abwehr training centre at seibersdorf under the command of the oun member and former polish army major yevhen pobihushchyi 8 in comparison to nachtigall which used the ordinary wehrmacht uniform the roland battalion was outfitted in the czech uniform with yellow armband with text im dienst der deutschen wehrmacht in the service of the german wehrmacht they were given austrian helmets from world war i the battalion had arms consisting of 2 czech light machine guns and german light weaponry 9 operational history edit the roland battalion moved to the romanian soviet border by 15 june 1941 and was placed under command of the german army group south 10 on 27 june 1941 they were placed under command of the german 11th army with the task of moving in the campulung moldovenesc gura humorului suceava botoşani direction with the tasks of clearing road and transportation corridors organizing groups of ukrainian home guards guarding transportation of food helping with the evacuation of prisoners of war and guarding strategic objectives 10 on 30 june 1941 abwehr received an order to prevent the unit from taking any military action and it was held at frumusola 10 on 24 july the roland battalion was transferred to the command of the 54th army corps with the task of guarding roads east of the dniester river at that time the battalion had 9 officers and 260 soldiers in time the battalion was planned to be topped up with another 150 volunteers from the occupied areas and spend some time near yassy from 28 july the battalion was directed to the front line crossing the dniester at dubossari and headed to odesa 11 dissolution edit on 10 august 1941 the command of the 11th army received a telegram from abwehr saying after consultations with the reichsminister of the occupied territories of the east the roland organization should be excluded from campaign because of political reasons 12 on 14 august the battalion was recalled 50 of the roland personnel remained as translators at the established occupational administrations of the reich they were restricted however from political activity and after 30 days they were all relieved of their duties the rest of the battalion returned to focşani on 26 august 1941 their weapons were taken from them while they traveled they were transported to the town of mayerling near vienna and their weapons returned to them 12 by 21 october 1941 the unit was transferred to neuhammer where it was merged with the nachtigall battalion to form schutzmannschaft battalion 201 references edit і к патриляк військова діяльність оун б у 1940 1942 роках університет імені шевченко ін т історії україни нан україни київ 2004 no isbn pp 371 382 abbot peter ukrainian armies 1914 55 p 47 osprey publishing 2004 isbn 1 84176 668 2 і к патриляк військова діяльність оун б у 1940 1942 роках університет імені шевченко ін т історії україни нан україни київ 2004 i k patrylyak 2004 military activities of the oun b in the years 1940 1942 kyiv ukraine shevchenko university institute of history of ukraine national academy of sciences of ukraine pp 283 288 і к патриляк військова діяльність оун б у 1940 1942 роках університет імені шевченко ін т історії україни нан україни київ 2004 no isbn pp 371 382 і к патриляк військова діяльність оун б у 1940 1942 роках університет імені шевченко ін т історії україни нан україни київ 2004 i k patrylyak 2004 military activities of the oun b in the years 1940 1942 kyiv ukraine shevchenko university institute of history of ukraine national academy of sciences of ukraine pp 273 275 організація українських націоналістів і українська повстанська армія інститут історії нан україни 2004р організація українських націоналістів і українська повстанська армія раздел 1 http www history org ua liberua book upa 1 pdf стр 17 30 і к патриляк військова діяльність оун б у 1940 1942 роках університет імені шевченко ін т історії україни нан україни київ 2004 no isbn p 277 279 і к патриляк військова діяльність оун б у 1940 1942 роках університет імені шевченко ін т історії україни нан україни київ 2004 i k patrylyak 2004 military activities of the oun b in the years 1940 1942 kyiv ukraine shevchenko university institute of history of ukraine national academy of sciences of ukraine pp 284 і к патриляк військова діяльність оун б у 1940 1942 роках університет імені шевченко ін т історії україни нан україни київ 2004 i k patrylyak 2004 military activities of the oun b in the years 1940 1942 kyiv ukraine shevchenko university institute of history of ukraine national academy of sciences of ukraine p 287 1 2 3 і к патриляк військова діяльність оун б у 1940 1942 роках університет імені шевченко ін т історії україни нан україни київ 2004 i k patrylyak 2004 military activities of the oun b in the years 1940 1942 kyiv ukraine shevchenko university 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