Carpathian Sich

The National Defense Organization "Carpathian Sich" (Ukrainian: Організація народної оборони «Карпатська Січ», romanized: Orhanizacija narodnoï oborony «Karpats'ka Sič», also known as the Carpathian Sich) were Ukrainian nationalist militia soldiers of the short-lived state of Carpatho-Ukraine.

Not to be confused with Sich Battalion or 49th Infantry Battalion (Ukraine).

Inspired by the example of Nazi stormtroopers and in collaboration with the Nazi German SS, the Carpathian Sich attacked Jewish and pro-Russian populations, and led a failed putsch against the Carpatho-Ukrainian government immediately prior to the country's invasion by Hungary in March 1939.

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