Hitler's Eastern Legions 1942-45
Between 1941-45, the Germans recruited around 175,000 men from a number of minorities in the USSR, distinguishing between 'Turkomans' (predominantly Muslims) and 'Caucasians' (predominantly Orthodox Christians). Of these, many formed rear-area auxiliary units, but at least 55,000 were combat troops. The first recruits formed two battalions in the 444th Security Division raised as early as November 1941; during 1942-43 seven legions were formed, each of several battalions, eventually totalling some 53 battalions (equivalent to about 6 full divisions). However, with one exception (162nd Turkoman Division), they were not deployed as whole forma…
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Weitere Autoren: Shumate, Johnny (Illustr.)
- ISBN: 978-1-4728-3952-7
- EAN: 9781472839527
- Produktnummer: 33962540
- Verlag: Bloomsbury UK
- Sprache: Englisch
- Erscheinungsjahr: 2020
- Seitenangabe: 64 S.
- Plattform: PDF
- Masse: 10'275 KB
- Abbildungen: Black & white and colour photos.
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DR NIGEL THOMAS is an accomplished linguist and military historian, formerly at Northumbria University, now a freelance military author, translator and military uniform consultant. His interests are 20th-century military and civil uniformed organizations, with a special interest in Germany, Central and Eastern Europe. He was awarded a PhD on the Eastern enlargement of NATO.
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