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  • 14th Waffen Grenadier Division of the SS (1st Ukrainian)
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  • The 14th Waffen Grenadier Division of the SS (1st Ukrainian) (, prior to 1944 titled the 14th SS-Volunteer Division "Galician" () was a World War II German military formation initially made up of volunteers from the region of Galicia with a Ukrainian ethnic background but later also incorporated Slovaks, Czechs and Dutch volunteers and officers. 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.
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  • 60
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  • 23
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  • Colors
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  • Dyvizzia Halychyna
  • Galician Division
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  • Germany
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  • Divisional insignia of the 14th Waffen Grenadier Division of the SS
Dates
  • --04-28
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  • Blue & Yellow
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  • 14
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  • The 14th Waffen Grenadier Division of the SS (1st Ukrainian) (, prior to 1944 titled the 14th SS-Volunteer Division "Galician" () was a World War II German military formation initially made up of volunteers from the region of Galicia with a Ukrainian ethnic background but later also incorporated Slovaks, Czechs and Dutch volunteers and officers. 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.