“The division had a good combat record despite the Soviets belief they were a weak spot in the German line.”
Their superiors found them lackluster”
“These Ukrainians are soft inside and fickle, and lack much in comparison to fighting German soldiers.”
~ Heinrich Himmler
“Either the unit is reliable or it isn’t reliable. At the moment I can’t even create new formations in Germany because I have no weapons. Therefore it is idiocy to give weapons to a Ukrainian division which is not completely reliable.”
~ Adolf Hitler
http://www.axishistory.com/axis-nations/1295-14-waffen-grenadier-division-der-ss-ukrainische-nr-1
From the MREs sold off into the black market and the turning over of bases, vehicles, weapons and material in the East, Hitler’s successors in title might have been advised to study up on their catspaws.
The article I read indicated they resisted bitterly and desperately in the Brody Pocket. Some of the German attitude may be directed toward low standards of discipline, which was common in their volunteer units. And also to the general German tendency to look down on other races (although they had great respect for the Finns and the Spaniards of the “Blue Division.”)
But I would expect that when encircled, the Galicians would fight hard. There was no place to retreat/run away to, and capture was not an option.