Tatar Legions

Tatar Legions

The Tatar Legions were an auxiliary units of the SS formed after the German invasion of the Soviet Union in 1941.

It included:
# Crimean Tatar Legion
# Volga Tatar Legion
# Crimean Jaegers

See also

* Legion Turkistan
* Azeri Waffen SS Volunteer Formations

External links

* [http://axis101.bizland.com/EasternVolunteers1.htm Eastern Legion Volunteers]
*ru icon [http://www.ostbataillon.fromru.com/krimtatlegion.htm Crimean Tatar legion] Crimean Tatars, Qarays, Nogais
*ru icon [http://www.ostbataillon.fromru.com/wolgatatleg.htm Volga Tatar Legion Idel-Ural] included also Bashkirs, Chuvashes, Mari, Udmurt, Mordwa
*ru icon [http://www.ostbataillon.fromru.com/tatgebjager.htm Crimean Jaegers]


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