with yellow armband with text "Im Dienst der Deutschen Wehrmacht" (In the service of the German Wehrmacht). They were given Austrian helmets from World War I. The Battalion was set up by the Abwehr and organized by Richard Yary of the OUN(b) in March 1941, prior the German invasion to Soviet Union. Approximately 350 Bandera's OUN followers were trained at the Abwehr training centre at the Seibersdorf under command of the former Poland Army major Yevhen Pobiguschiy. In Germany, in November 1941 the Ukrainian personnel of the Legion were reorganized into the 201st Schutzmannschaft Battalion. It numbered 650 persons which served for one year at Belarus before disbanding. Many of its members, especially the commanding officers, went on to the Ukrainian Insurgent Army and 14 of its members joined 14th Waffen Grenadier Division of the SS (1st Galician) SS-Freiwilligen-Schützen-Division Galizien in spring 1943. See also Battle of Velikiye Luki Special Staff F Operation Mammoth Robey Leibbrandt Kampfgeschwader 200 Notes References Citations Bibliography Further reading Abwehr German World War II special forces Special forces units and formations Foreign volunteer units of the Wehrmacht Foreign volunteer units of Nazi Germany Military units and formations established in 1939 Military units and formations disestablished in 1945 Military units and formations of Germany in Yugoslavia in World War II