Too Much Even for the SS: Fall of Soviet Nazi Frolov (1946)
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Ivan Frolov was one of the senior commanders of the Russian National Liberation Army (RONA), better known as the Kaminski Brigade, a collaborationist force that fought alongside Nazi Germany during the Second World War. Originally an officer in the Red Army, he was captured during the German invasion of the Soviet Union in 1941 before joining the German-backed Lokot Autonomy, where he rose through the ranks under the leadership of Bronislav Kaminski. As chief of staff and later head of operations, Frolov played an important role in transforming RONA into a more organized military formation. In 1944, after the brigade was incorporated into the Waffen-SS, he was sent with his men to Warsaw during the Warsaw Uprising. There, RONA units became associated with some of the worst crimes committed against civilians in the Ochota district, where widespread looting, violence, and abuse accompanied German efforts to suppress the uprising. The conduct of the brigade drew criticism even from some G
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