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Azerbaijani SS volunteer formations were recruited from prisoners of war, ... From August 5, 1944, Reinefarth's group fought in the Wola area. In several days, ...
The Azerbaijani Legion (German: Aserbaidschanische Legion, Azerbaijani: Azərbaycan legionu) was one of the foreign units of the Wehrmacht.It was formed in December 1941 on the Eastern Front as the Kaukasische-Mohammedanische Legion (Muslim Caucasus Legion) and was re-designated 1942 into two separate legions, the North Caucasian legion and the Azerbaijani legion. [2]
Aserbaidschanische Legion (Azerbaijani volunteers) 30. Waffen-Grenadier-Division der SS (Russische Nr. 2) Georgische Legion (Georgian volunteers) Freiwilligen-Stamm-Regiment 1 (Georgian volunteers) Freiwilligen-Stamm-Regiment 2 (Armenians & Azerbaijanis) Sonderverband Bergmann (Georgian and Azerbaijani volunteers)
31st SS Volunteer Grenadier Division, variously reported as being named Böhmen-Mähren (Bohemia-Moravia) (this division is not SS Kampfgruppe Division "Böhmen-Mähren", this was a separate unit formed from training units in the protectorate after the Batschka Division) or Batschka
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The Waffen-SS (Armed SS) was created as the militarised wing of the Schutzstaffel (SS; "Protective Squadron") of the Nazi Party.Its origins can be traced back to the selection of a group of 120 SS men in 1933 by Sepp Dietrich to form the Sonderkommando Berlin, which became the Leibstandarte SS Adolf Hitler (LSSAH). [4]
In addition, volunteers from Azerbaijan, Kirghistan, Uzbekistan and Tadzhikistan were absorbed into this new unit which took on the title Ost Musselmanisehes Division der SS (Eastern Moslem Division of the SS). Note that the book calls this unit Turkestani, however Azizbekov changed Turkestani to Azerbaijani-Turkic.
Azerbaijani SS volunteer formations; C. Battle of the Caucasus; I. Anglo-Soviet invasion of Iran; P. Persian Corridor This page was last edited on 21 February 2024 ...