The 13th Waffen Mountain Division of the SS Handschar (1st Croatian) was a mountain infantry division of the Waffen-SS, an armed branch of the German...
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2022-11-12. Lepre, George (1997). Himmler's Bosnian Division: The Waffen-SS Handschar Division 1943–1945. Atglen, Philadelphia: Schiffer Publishing. pp. 138–139...
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1947) was a Bosniak Imam and SS Obersturmführer in the Waffen-SS division Handschar, and the first Muslim awarded the German Iron Cross during World War II...
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259. Lepre, George (1997). Himmler's Bosnian Division: The Waffen-SS Handschar Division 1943–1945. Schiffer Publishing. ISBN 0-7643-0134-9. Archived...
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Bosniaks in Germany (section 13th Handschar Division)
Front against the Allies. The 13th Waffen Mountain Division of the SS "Handschar" was a division of the Waffen-SS that was formed in 1943 and included...
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Panzer Division "Hitlerjugend" 13th Waffen Mountain Division of the SS "Handschar" (1st Croatian) 14th Waffen Grenadier Division of the SS (1st Ukrainian)...
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World War II and commanded the 13th Waffen Mountain Division of the SS Handschar (1st Croatian) in 1943–1944, and the IX Waffen Mountain Corps of the SS...
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Bosnian military officer in the 13th Waffen Mountain Division of the SS Handschar (1st Croatian) during World War II. Little is known of Biščević’s background...
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in the Ostlegionen to the Muslim Slavs in the 13th SS Division of SS Handschar and the Indians of the Indische Legion (the Indian National Army fought...
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the use of this type of knife. In the Balkans, where it was known as Handschar, such knives were regularly carried by Ottoman policemen, and it remained...
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chaplain best known for his involvement in the 13th Waffen-SS Division "Handschar". Born in 1898, the son of Bajro Muhasilović, he was raised in Sarajevo...
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in the Balkans from Bosnian Muslims and Albanians: the Waffen SS 13th Handschar ("Knife"), the 23rd Kama ("Dagger") and the 21st Skenderbeg, although...
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anti-Serb racism to recruit a Waffen-SS division of Bosnian Muslims, the SS-Handschar. The year-long Soviet occupation of the Baltic states at the beginning...
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Religion in Bosnia and Herzegovina 13th Waffen Mountain Division of the SS Handschar (1st Croatian) Persecution of Muslims Pomaks List of mosques in Bosnia...
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a command formation for the 13th Waffen Mountain Division of the SS "Handschar" (1st Croatian) and the 23rd Waffen Mountain Division of the SS "Kama"...
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built around a cadre from the 13th Waffen Mountain Division of the SS Handschar (1st Croatian) but did not reach its full strength and never saw action...
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September 1943) was a Bosniak soldier during World War II. A member of the SS Handschar Division, he was one of the leaders of an unsuccessful anti-German mutiny...
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Berlichingen 18 Horst Wessel 23 Nederland Mountain 6 Nord 7 Prinz Eugen 13 Handschar (1 Croatian) 21 Skanderbeg (1 Albanian) 23 Kama (2 Croatian) 24 Karstjäger...
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Amin al-Husseini#Recruitment 13th Waffen Mountain Division of the SS Handschar (1st Croatian) 23rd Waffen Mountain Division of the SS Kama (2nd Croatian)...
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Mountain Division Prinz Eugen 13th Waffen Mountain Division of the SS Handschar (1st Croatian) 21st Waffen Mountain Division of the SS Skanderbeg (1st...
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uniform. Peaked visor cap with skull emblem (Totenkopf) Members of SS Handschar; the SS-Totenkopf was printed on their fez cap. A skull and crossbones...
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Independent State of Croatia Armed Forces Ustaše Militia Black Legion SS Handschar Division Army (Home Guard) Air Force Air Force Legion Green cadres Hadžiefendić...
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Some accounts have alleged that the Handschar was responsible for killing 90% of Bosnian Jews. However, Handschar units were deployed only after most...
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1943, the Germans approved the 13th Waffen Mountain Division of the SS Handschar (1st Croatian) and began recruitment. During the socialist Yugoslav period...
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World War II who commanded the 13th Waffen Mountain Division of the SS Handschar (1st Croatian) and was possibly awarded the Knight's Cross of the Iron...
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Berlichingen 18 Horst Wessel 23 Nederland Mountain 6 Nord 7 Prinz Eugen 13 Handschar (1 Croatian) 21 Skanderbeg (1 Albanian) 23 Kama (2 Croatian) 24 Karstjäger...
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Muslim Waffen-SS Handschar Division or the communist Yugoslav Partisans, according to the New York Times, he joined the SS Handschar, despite a lack of...
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in hard fighting against the 13th Waffen Mountain Division of the SS Handschar (1st Croatian) in eastern Bosnia. The Corps also participated in the Belgrade...
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Berlichingen 18 Horst Wessel 23 Nederland Mountain 6 Nord 7 Prinz Eugen 13 Handschar (1 Croatian) 21 Skanderbeg (1 Albanian) 23 Kama (2 Croatian) 24 Karstjäger...
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new Handschar Division. The commander of the SS Head Office, Gottlob Berger, was obliged to point out that while the Bosnians of the "Handschar" perceived...
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