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{{See also|Volhynia massacre}}

{{See also|Volhynia massacre}}

[[File:Ukro-nazis-massacre-of-poles-in-volyn.jpg|350px|right|thumb|Western Ukraine Nazis, part of UPA/ SS troops executed the massacre of Poles during WWII in [[Volyn]], western Ukraine.]]

[[File:Ukro-nazis-massacre-of-poles-in-volyn.jpg|350px|right|thumb|Western Ukraine Nazis, part of UPA/ SS troops executed the massacre of Poles during WWII in [[Volyn]], western Ukraine.]]

In the [[Second World War]] the OUN Banderist wing (OUNb) collaborated with the [[German]]s during [[Operation Barbarossa]].<ref>[[Alexander Solzhenitsyn]], ''[[The Gulag Archipelago]]'', [https://archive.org/stream/TheGulagArchipelago-Threevolumes/The-Gulag-Archipelago__vol3__V-VII__Solzhenitsyn#page/n2/mode/2up Volume 3, pages 44-46.]</ref>  Alexander Solzhenitsyn refers to the word "Banderite" "like sewage in our mouths."

In the [[Second World War]] the OUN Banderist wing (OUNb) collaborated with the [[German]]s during [[Operation Barbarossa]].<ref>[[Alexander Solzhenitsyn]], ''[[The Gulag Archipelago]]'', [https://archive.org/stream/TheGulagArchipelago-Threevolumes/The-Gulag-Archipelago__vol3__V-VII__Solzhenitsyn#page/n2/mode/2up Volume 3, pages 44-46.]</ref>  Alexander Solzhenitsyn refers to the word "Banderite" "like sewage in our mouths."  

The 14th Waffen Grenadier Division (1st Galician)<ref>German: 14. Waffen-Grenadier-Division der SS (galizische Nr. 1)) Ukrainian: 14а Гренадерська Дивізія СС (1а галицька)), prior to 1944 titled the 14th SS-Volunteer Division "Galicia" Ukrainian: 14а Добровільна Дивізія "Галичина"</ref> was a German military formation made up predominantly of military volunteers with a Ukrainian ethnic background from the area of [[Galicia]], later also with some [[Slovak]]s and [[Czech]]s. Formed in 1943, it was largely destroyed in the battle of Brody, reformed, and saw action in [[Slovakia]], [[Yugoslavia]] and [[Austria]] before being renamed the first division of the Ukrainian National Army and surrendering to the Western Allies by 10 May 1945.

The 14th Waffen Grenadier Division (1st Galician)<ref>German: 14. Waffen-Grenadier-Division der SS (galizische Nr. 1)) Ukrainian: 14а Гренадерська Дивізія СС (1а галицька)), prior to 1944 titled the 14th SS-Volunteer Division "Galicia" Ukrainian: 14а Добровільна Дивізія "Галичина"</ref> was a German military formation made up predominantly of military volunteers with a Ukrainian ethnic background from the area of [[Galicia]], later also with some [[Slovak]]s and [[Czech]]s. Formed in 1943, it was largely destroyed in the battle of Brody, reformed, and saw action in [[Slovakia]], [[Yugoslavia]] and [[Austria]] before being renamed the first division of the Ukrainian National Army and surrendering to the Western Allies by 10 May 1945.

Volodymyr Kubiyovych (Ukrainian Father Jewish Mother) founded this Division in order for Ukrainians to aid the Ukrainian Insurgent Army with weapons.  

Volodymyr Kubiyovych (Ukrainian Father Jewish Mother) founded this Division in order for Ukrainians to aid the Ukrainian Insurgent Army with weapons.