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Georgian Legion (1941–1945) The Georgian Legion (German: Georgische Legion, Georgian: ქართული ლეგიონი, romanized: kartuli legioni) was a military formation of Nazi Germany during World War II, composed of ethnic Georgians. It was formed by Georgian émigrés and prisoners of war; its declared aim was the eventual ...
The Georgian uprising on Texel (Dutch: Opstand der Georgiërs) (5 April 1945 – 20 May 1945) was an insurrection by the 882nd Infantry Battalion Königin Tamara (Queen Tamar or Tamara) of the Georgian Legion of the German Army stationed on the German-occupied Dutch island of Texel (pronounced Tessel). The battalion was made up of 800 Georgians ...
The Georgian Legion was founded by Mamuka Mamulashvili, a veteran of the Abkhaz–Georgian conflict, First Chechen War, and the Russo-Georgian War. [6] He later commented “The idea of creating the legion was to gather people of different nationalities to serve together to stand against Russian aggression, and we did it.” [5] Georgian volunteers frequently cited Ukraine and Georgia's common ...
Early states in present-day Georgia, c. 600 to 150 BC. Iberia (Georgian: იბერია, Latin: Iberia and Greek: Ἰβηρία), also known as Iveria (Georgian: ივერია), was a name given by the ancient Greeks and Romans to the Georgian kingdom of Kartli [1] (4th century BC – 5th century AD), corresponding roughly to east and south present-day Georgia.
Soldier of the Free Arabian Legion in Greece, September 1943. Among the approximately one million foreign volunteers and conscripts who served in the Wehrmacht during World War II were ethnic Belgians, Czechs, Dutch, Finns, Danes, French, Hungarians, Norwegians, Poles, [1] Portuguese, Swedes, [2] Swiss along with people from Great Britain ...
Georgian Legion. Georgian Legion may refer to: Georgian Legion (1915–1918), a World War I unit in the German army composed of Georgians. Georgian Legion (1941–1945), a World War II unit in the German army composed of Georgians. Georgian Legion (Ukraine), a pro-Ukrainian unit in the Russo-Ukrainian War. Category:
A high-ranking official in briefly independent Georgia (1918–1921), he was one of the leaders of anti-Soviet movement of Georgian émigrés in Europe. During World War II Maglakelidze was a commander in the Wehrmacht's Georgische Legion.
The Ukrainians were swift in rushing more troops to the airport to support the counter-attack. These reinforcements included the Georgian Legion, and a unit of the Ukrainian Air Assault Forces. [9] [8] The Russian Il-76s carrying reinforcements could not land; they were possibly forced to return to Russia. [32]