KYIV – After World War II, the freedom fighters of the Ukrainian Insurgent Army (UPA) carried out a series of “raids” to break through Soviet-occupied areas and reach Western Allied forces to tell them they’re fighting for independence.
The operations led to huge losses. But the UPA partisans who made it to U.S. or British-held territory succeeded in establishing ties and relaying their cause. This led America and Britain to eventually devise a plan and parachute exiled UPA fighters and supplies into western Ukraine.