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After a number of events, during World War II in Belarus collaboration of the local people with the German occupation authorities took place. One of the most obvious episodes of collaboration was the establishment and the activity of the Belarusian National Defence. The armed unit was formed at the end of spring and in the beginning of summer 1944 through mobilization and was intended for armed combat with Soviet partisans and the Red Army. The article analyzes the process of establishing the unit, its numbers, the degree of combat readiness and participation in warfare. In summer 1944, after withdrawal of German forces from Belarus some of the soldiers of the Belarusian National Defence turned up at the Western front. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The contribution speaks about training for foreign missions and safety research, which is organized by management department of Armed Forces Academy. The first part realizes classification steps of preparation to missions according international and NATO procedures. In the second part it informs readers about European Defence Agency project with participation management department and shows on partial results of security research during information obtain to knowledge database of project. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]