LEGION "NACHTIGALL"
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Both Legion Nachtigall and Legion Rolland were the only Eastern Volunteers to actually invaded the Soviet Union with the German Army from very beginning of the campaign and become a part of a commando unit known as "Brandenburg 800".

As early as 1940, Organization of Ukrainian Nationalists (OUN) began to suspect that Germany would invade Soviet Union, and decided to create an independent Ukrainian units within the German Army which would be able, along with the Germans to infiltrate Ukraine. These units were codenamed D.U.N. which stood for Druzhyny Ukrainskykh Natsionalistiw - Unites of Ukrainian Nationalists. One of such was a Northern Unite of DUN, called Nachtigall.

The formation of the unit began in Krakow in March 1941 and further training continued in Neuhammer near Shlezg. From Ukrainian side the commander was Roman Shukhevych and from German Theodore Oberlander. The unit was outfitted in the Wehrmaht uniforms and the only national insignia was a blue and yellow arm patch. With the outbrake of the war, the Legions along with a Panzer-Jaeger Division and some Tank units went along through Radomno-Lviw-Ternopil-Proskuriw-Vinnytsia path. After that campaign the Legion was returned to Neuhammer for regrouping and extra training. After the training the Legion was transported to Frankfurt am Oder where it joined Legion Rolland. Soon afterthat the united Legion was transfered to Belarus where it engaged anty-partizan warfare and continued to do so until 1942. In 1942, the Legion officers unsatisfied withregards German policies withregard Ukraine, resigned from their posts and the Legion was disbanned. Both officers and former soldiers - "Legionaries" as they were called, latter joined 14th Grenadier Division SS Galicia where they received upper ranks.

Ukrainian Legionaries

PATCHES AND UNIFORM
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DUN breast badges awarded to members of Nachtigall and Rolland		Member of Legion "Nachtigall", latter formed into Schutzmanschaft battalion No. 202.
"Nachtigall" shoulder patch. Same design was used on unit's vehicles. (Author's Reconstruction)	Member of 202 Schuma battalion