First Indian National Army

In 1943, the Gestapo treacherously arrested Bulba-Borovets and imprisoned him in a concentration camp in Saxenhausen, near Berlin, where most of the Ukrainian leaders were held. There, overcoming strict isolation, he found means to befriend some high personalities of other nationalities, among whom were an English major and a captain of the Royal Navy. Late in 1944, the German authorities opened their negotiation with Ukrainian leaders in Saxenhausen, and as a result, they allowed the Ukrainians to organize their National Army under the command of General Pavlo Shandruk. The sole purpose of this Army was to fight against Soviet Communism. Otaman Bulba-Borovets was chosen to take command of the special Group B of the Ukrainian National Army that was to be parachuted into the Russian rear to engage in guerilla activities. End of World War II made this operation impossible. The memoirs of Taras Bulba-Borovets will be first-hand source material for historians as well as an inspiration for future fighters whom God and Mother-Ukraine will call upon to raise the Temple of Freedom on our Cossack Land ...»