In Action
The Roland Battalion moved to Romania- Soviet border by June 15, 1941 and placed under command of the Army's Group South. On June 27, 1941 they placed under command of the German 11th Army with task to move in the direction Campulung Moldovenesc - Gura Humorului - Suceava- Botoşani with the tasks of clearing road and transportation corridors, organizing groups of Ukrainian home guard, guarding transportation of food, helping with the evacuation of POW's, and guarding strategic objectives.
On June 30, 1941 Abwehr received an order to prevent the unit from taking any military action, and it was held at Frumusola.
On July 24 the Roland Battalion was transferred to the command of the 54th army corps with the task to guard roads to East of the Dniester river. At that time the Battalion had 9 officers and 260 soldiers. In time the Battalion was planned to be topped up with another 150 volunteers from the occupied areas and spend some time near Yassy
From July 28 the Battalion was directed to front-line crossed the Dniester at Dubossari and headed to Odessa.
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