From May 1943 – arm-badge white shield with red borders with black St. George's cross. In the upper part a yellow abbreviation "POHA". Some sources noted that the Nazi swastika also …

The Russian Liberation Army (German: Russische Befreiungsarmee; Russian: Русская освободительная армия, Russkaya osvoboditel'naya armiya, abbreviated as РОА, ROA, …

A history of the Polish underground's heroic and tragic 63-day struggle to liberate World War II Warsaw from German occupation told through documents, timeline, maps, photos, movie …

Apr 15, 2019 · In July 1944, the Polish Home Army (underground) used its long-husbanded weapons to revolt against Nazi occupation and take back Warsaw. The logic was that the …

S.S. Sturmbrigade R.O.N.A. (also known as the Kaminski Brigade) was an anti-partisan formation composed of people from the so-called Lokot Autonomy territory in the Nazi Germany …

The origin and eventual fate of the infamous Kaminski Brigade is actually quite removed from that of the more popularly known echelons of the Russian’s in German Service under former …

May 11, 2022 · Its soldiers, dressed in Russian-style uniforms, assumed the name of the Russian National Liberation Army, or RONA (POHA in the Russian cyrillic alphabet). Initially, (mid …

In May 1943 a new uniform pattern was introduced, complete with an arm badge: a shield with a smaller, red-rimmed white shield featuring St. George’s Cross below the Russian acronym, …

Aug 26, 2021 · Besides Vlasov's ROA, there was Bronislav Kaminski's Brigade (RONA/POHA - Russian National Liberation Army) which numbered 10,000 men. Kaminski's command was …

Feb 27, 2023 · Just as an aside, this is the only photograph known showing the 'POHA' badge being worn on SS uniform, during the short period (June-October, 1944) that the Kaminski …