The Belarusian Home Defence, or the Byelorussian Home Guard (Belarusian: Беларуская краёвая абарона, Bielaruskaja Krajovaja Abarona, BKA) was a name of the collaborationist battalions of the Belarusian Central Rada (1943-1944), a pro-Nazi Belarusian council within Reichskommissariat Ostland during World War II.The BKA operated from February 23, 1944 to April 28, 1945.