The Organisation of Ukrainian Nationalists (OUN; Ukrainian: Організація українських націоналістів, romanized: Orhanizatsiia ukrainskykh natsionalistiv) was a Ukrainian nationalist …

In October 1942, during Bandera's imprisonment, the OUN-B established the Ukrainian Insurgent Army (UPA). [19] [6] [1] The OUN-B formed Ukrainian militias that carried out pogroms and …

On 22 June 1941, after several months of careful preparations, the OUN-B began the “Ukrainian National Revolution.” Mass violence against Jews, Poles, Russians, Soviets, and Ukrainian …

At its Third Extraordinary Grand Assembly on 21–25 August 1943, the OUN(B) condemned ‘internationalist and fascist national-socialist programs and political concepts’ as well as …

Jan 22, 2015 · While the Germans made use of the OUN-B’s murderous exuberance, its mastermind languished in captivity. Refusing to renounce his claim of Ukrainian statehood, …

Other articles where OUN-B is discussed: Ukraine: Western Ukraine under Soviet and Nazi rule: …into separate organizations (OUN-M and OUN-B, respectively) differing in ideology, …

Mar 5, 2014 · OUN-B was the more radical, in several senses, wing of OUN. Both parts of the organization, based in western Ukraine, strove for an independent Ukrainian state.

The OUN split into two fractions, conventionally known as the OUN-M and the OUN-B after the names of their leaders, Andrii Melnyk and Stepan Bandera. Both fractions sought to exploit the …

On June 30, 1941 members of the OUN (b) proclamated Ukraine's independence in "close work" with Nazi Germany. OUN (b) sought to achieve this goal even at the cost of cooperation with …

Bandera faction of the OUN (OUN-B) and the UPA were involved in the Nazi-led genocide. This article devotes particular attention to Volhynia where the UPA was established by the OUN-B …