OUN-B

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OUN-B was the radical, Bandera-led faction of the Organization of Ukrainian Nationalists that provided the ideological and political leadership behind Ukrainian nationalist resistance during World War II.

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OUN-B canonical 4
OUN-M 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Ukrainian nationalist organization
faction of political organization
activeDuring World War II
activeIn Galicia
Volhynia
Western Ukraine
advocated independent Ukrainian state
alsoKnownAs Bandera faction of the Organization of Ukrainian Nationalists
linked to: Bandera faction
bannedBy Soviet authorities
linked to: Soviet government
collaboratedWith Nazi Germany (early phase of World War II)
linked to: Nazi Germany
consideredTerroristBy Polish interwar authorities
country Ukraine
created Ukrainian Insurgent Army
factionOf Organization of Ukrainian Nationalists
founded 1940
foundedAfter split of the Organization of Ukrainian Nationalists
fullName Organization of Ukrainian Nationalists – Bandera faction
headquartersLocation Kraków (wartime center in the General Government)
historicalPeriod Interwar period and World War II
ideology Ukrainian nationalism
anti-Polish nationalism
anti-communism
authoritarianism
integral nationalism
influenced Ukrainian Insurgent Army
keyFigure Mykola Lebed
Roman Shukhevych
Yaroslav Stetsko
languageOfOrganization Ukrainian
leader Stepan Bandera
militaryWing Ukrainian Insurgent Army
namedAfter Stepan Bandera
opposed Nazi Germany (after initial period)
linked to: Nazi Germany

Polish underground forces
Soviet Union
opposedFaction OUN-M
linked to: OUN
partOf Organization of Ukrainian Nationalists
politicalPosition far-right
proclaimed Act of Restoration of the Ukrainian State in Lviv
proclaimedOn 30 June 1941
providedLeadershipFor Ukrainian nationalist resistance during World War II
region Eastern Europe
responsibleFor ethnic violence against Poles in Volhynia and Eastern Galicia
persecution of Jews in some areas
separatedFrom Organization of Ukrainian Nationalists
shortName OUN-B
splitFrom OUN-M
linked to: OUN
successorOrganization postwar Ukrainian nationalist émigré structures

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