The Legion of French Volunteers Against Bolshevism ("Légion des Volontaires Français contre le Bolchévisme", or LVF) was a unit of the German Army ("Wehrmacht") formed shortly after the German invasion of the Soviet Union in June 1941 by a coalition of small far-right political factions within Vichy France. Although its supporters were more explicitly supportive of Nazi ideology and close collaboration with Nazi Germany than the Vichy regime itself, the German authorities remained skeptical of incorporating French soldiers and limited the unit's size significantly. Furthermore, it only succeeded in including 5,800 recruits between 1941 and its disbandment in 1944. It was also kept at arm's length by the Vichy regime. The LVF participated in the Battle of Moscow in November–December 1941 but suffered heavy casualties and performed poorly in combat. For most of its existence,it was confined to so-called "bandit-fighting" operations ("Bandenbekämpfung") behind the front line in German-occupied Byelorussia and Ukraine. The Tricolor Legion ("Légion Tricolore") formed in France with Vichy support was later also absorbed into the LVF. In early 1944, the unit again took part in rear-security operations. In June 1944, following the collapse of Army Group Centre's front during the Red Army's summer offensive, the LVF was attached to the 4th SS Police Regiment.