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Ukrainian Galician Army
Army of the West Ukrainian People's Republic / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Not to be confused with Ukrainian National Army in 1945.
Ukrainian Galician Army (Ukrainian: Українська галицька армія, romanized: Ukrainska halytska armiia, UHA), was the Ukrainian military of the West Ukrainian People's Republic during and after the Polish-Ukrainian War. It was called the "Galician army" initially. Dissatisfied with the alliance of Ukraine and Poland it joined the army of Anton Denikin in November 1919, was renamed the "Ukrainian Galician Army" and later joined the Red Army as the "Red Ukrainian Galician Army" in 1920.
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Active | 1918–1919 |
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Allegiance | West Ukrainian People's Republic |
Type | Army |
Role | Land warfare |
Size | 100,000 personnel at its peak |
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Commander | Mykhailo Pavlenko |
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Soviet authorities disbanded it after part of it broke away to join the allied Ukrainian and Polish armies, followed by Ukrainian celebrations in Odesa. The Red Army shot many of its officers, while others ended up in Polish concentration camps.[1]