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THE UKRAINIAN DIVISION GALICIA 1943-45 A MEMOIR

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By Wolf-Dietrich Heike. An Aberdeen Exclusive! About 25 years ago I read this book and thought it brilliant, but hard as I try I was unable to locate the publisher. After on and off searches, this was before the internet made it easy, the book was published in 1988, I found and I made an offer to the group of veterans that had the book and bought the lot. As the Division's Chief of Staff from January 1944 until its ultimate surrender in May 1945, the author was in an exceptionally favorable position to observe how a large group of Ukrainians reacted to the impending and politically complex crisis on the Eastern Front. The author describes the Division as it was formed in May 1943 and first saw action in July 1944 at Brody, where the major portion of its troops were killed or captured by Soviet forces. In October it was sent to Slovakia and was stationed there until January 1945. Then, by arduous marches under extremely difficult conditions, it was transferred to the mixed nationality area of southern Austria and northern Slovenia. At the war's end the Division retreated farther into Austria, to surrender to the British Army. Most combat was with regular Soviet troops advancing through Hungary toward southeast Austria. Major Heike delineates these operations skillfully and graphically. The memoir is especially valuable for his account of the campaign in Styria - likely to remain the principal source of information on the Division's activities during the last months of WWII - as well as for the light is sheds on numerous other aspects of Ukrainian involvement in the war. 200 pp.

THE UKRAINIAN DIVISION GALICIA 1943-45 A MEMOIR

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