Slovaks at the Eastern Front (Western Ukraine, 1941)

Authors

  • Valentina V. Mar'ina Institute of Slavic Studies, Russian Academy of Sciences , Институт славяноведения РАН

Keywords:

USSR, Germany, Slovakia, Western Ukraine, Soviet-German Front, Slovak Army, NKVD, Organization of Ukrainian Nationalists, repressions

Abstract

The article describes the participation of the Slovak Army in the War on the Soviet-German (Eastern) Front during the summer of 1941; impressions of the Slovaks on the situation in Western Ukraine and the attitude of its population; actions of NKVD on the eve of the war and during its first days; activities of Ukrainian nationalists (OUN) in the territory occupied by Germans.

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Published

02-12-2013

Issue

Vol. 8 No. 1 (2013)

Section

War in the history of Slavic peoples