Green Guard

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This article is about 1940s force in Ukraine. For Army deserters in Austria-Hungary, see Green Cadres.
Green Guard
Зелена Гвардія
Active1942–1943
Disbanded1945
Country Ukraine
TypePartisan detachment
Garrison/HQKyiv
Nickname(s)Green Army
EngagementsEastern Front of World War II
Commanders
Notable
commanders

The Green Guard (Ukrainian: Зелена Гвардія) was an anarchist guerrilla unit in occupied Ukraine during World War II.

History[]

The Green Guard was formed in 1942 in the occupied Kyiv region by the former "Makhnovist" ,[1] who illegally escaped France.[2] The partisans fought against the troops of Nazi Germany, as well as the Soviet Union and Ukrainian nationalists.[1] Osip Tsebriy tried to revive the anarchist movement known as the "Green Guard" among the Ukrainian peasants.[1] However, there is no more detailed information about the unit's military operations.[1] It is known that in the winter of 1943 it was crushed by anti-partisan German troops.[1][2] Osip Tsebriy went into hiding with the local peasants for several months, but in the end he was arrested and unrecognized imprisoned in a concentration camp, from where he was freed by the Allies in 1945.[1][2]

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References[]

  1. ^ a b c d e f (November 1998). "Fate of the Makhnovist". Прямое действие. Translated by Riltok. Confederation of Revolutionary Anarcho-Syndicalists. Retrieved 12 May 2021.
  2. ^ a b c A. Dubovik; Y. Kravets; A. Belash (eds.). "ЦЕБРИЙ Осип Васильевич". Makhno.ru. ИМЕННОЙ УКАЗАТЕЛЬ (in Russian). Retrieved 12 May 2021.
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