Soldier of the Free Arabian Legion in Greece, September 1943.
Arabian volunteers[]
- Deutsch-Arabische Lehr Abteilung (Arab volunteers)
- Deutsch-Arabisches Bataillon Nr. 845 (Arab volunteers)
- Osttürkischer Waffen-Verband der SS or 1. Ostmuselmanisches SS-Regiment (Arabs, Turks and other Middle Eastern volunteers)
- Freiwilligen-Stamm-Regiment 1 (Turkish volunteers)
Azerbaijani, Georgian and Armenian volunteers[]
- Armenische Legion (Armenian volunteers)
- 30. Waffen-Grenadier-Division der SS (Russische Nr. 2) (Armenian & Tatar volunteer units)
- Azerbajdjanische Legion or Kaukasisch-Mohammedanische Legion (Azerbaijani volunteers)
- Sonderverband Bergmann (Armenian, Georgian and Azerbaijani volunteers)
- Georgische Legion (Georgian volunteers, but also included volunteers from other peoples of the region)
- Freiwilligen-Stamm-Regiment 1 (Georgian volunteers)
- Freiwilligen-Stamm-Regiment 2 (Armenians & Azerbaijanis)
- SS-Waffengruppe Georgien (Georgian volunteers)
- SS-Waffengruppe Aserbeidschan (Azeri volunteers)
- SS-Waffengruppe Armenien (Armenian volunteers)
- Waffen-Gruppe Aserbaijan (Azeri volunteers)
- I. Sonderverband Bergmann Battalion (Georgian volunteers)
- II. Sonderverband Bergmann Battalion (Azerbaijani volunteers)
North Caucasian volunteers[]
- Kaukasischer-Waffen-Verband der SS or Freiwilligen Brigade Nordkaukasien (volunteers from the North Caucasus region)
- Nordkaukasische Legion (volunteers from the North Caucasus region)
- Freiwilligen-Stamm-Regiment 1 (North Caucasian volunteers)
- SS-Waffengruppe Nordkaukasus (North Caucasian volunteers; Chechens, Ingush & Dagestani)
Central Asian volunteers[]
- 16. (Turkistan) Infanterie-Division (Turkestani volunteers)
- Muselmanischen SS-Division Neu-Turkistan (Turkestani volunteers)
- Turkestanische Legion (volunteers from Central Asia; Uzbeks, Kazakhs & Turkomen)
- Böhler-Brigade (Turkestani volunteers)
- 1. Turkestanisches-Arbeits-Battalion (Turkestani volunteers)
- 2. Turkestanisches-Arbeits-Battalion (Turkestani volunteers)
- 3. Turkestanisches-Arbeits-Battalion (Turkestani volunteers)
- Turkestanisches-Arbeits-Ersatz-Battalion (Turkestani volunteers)
- Waffen-Gruppe Turkistan(Central Asian volunteers)
Kalmykian volunteers[]
- Kalmüken Verband Dr. Doll (Kalmykian volunteers)
- Abwehrtrupp 103 (Kalmykian volunteers)
- Kalmücken Legion or Kalmücken-Kavallerie-Korps (Kalmykian volunteers)
Tatar volunteers[]
- SS-Waffengruppe Idel-Ural (Turkic volunteers from Volga/Ural area)
- Waffen-Gebirgs-Brigade der SS (Tatar Nr. 1) (Tatar volunteers)
- 30. Waffen-Grenadier-Division der SS (Russische Nr. 2) (Armenian & Tatar volunteer units)
- Wolgatatarische Legion (Volga Tatars but also of other volunteers from the region)
- Tataren-Gebirgsjäger-Regiment der SS (Crimean Tatar volunteers)
- Waffen-Gruppe Krim (Crimean Tatar volunteers)
- Schutzmannschaft Battalion (Crimean Tatar volunteers)
Cossack volunteers[]
- 1. Kosaken-Kavallerie-Division (volunteers from Cossacks in Cherson, from February 1945 XV. SS-Kosaken-Kavallerie-Korps)
- Kosaken-Reiter-Brigade Kaukasus II (Caucasus Cossack volunteers)
- Kuban-Kosaken-Reiter-Regiment 3 (Kuban Cossack volunteers)
- Don-Kosaken-Reiter-Regiment 5 (Don Cossack volunteers)
- Terek-Kosaken-Reiter-Regiment 6 (Terek Cossack volunteers)
- Kosaken-Artillerie-Regiment 2 (Caucasian Cossack volunteers)
- Sibirisches Kosaken-Reiter-Regiment 2 (Siberian Cossack volunteers)
- XV. Kosaken-Kavallerie-Korps (Kotelnikovo Cossack volunteers)
- Freiwilligen-Stamm-Regiment 5 (Cossack volunteers)
Caucasian mixed volunteer units[]
- Freiwilligen-Stamm-Division (Georgian, Turkish, North Caucasian, Armenian & Azerbaijani volunteers)
Caucasian, Central Asian, Crimean and Ural mixed volunteer units[]
- Waffen-Gruppe Turkistan
- Waffen-Gruppe Idel-Ural
- Waffen-Gruppe Azerbaijan
- Waffen-Gruppe Krim
Propaganda newspapers for Caucasian and Cossack units[]
- Azerbaijan
- Azerbajçan – Azerbaijani Legion
- Kalmykia
- Kalmyckij Boec ("Kalmyk Soldier") – Kalmyk Calvary Corps
- Kosaken (Cossack Nation)
- Kosaken-Illustrierte ("Cossack Illustrated") – 1st Cossack Calvary Division (trilingual)
- La terra dei cosacchi ("The Land of the Cossacks") – Cossack units in upper Italy
- Krimtürken (Crimean Turks)
- Kirim ("Crimea") – Weekly paper for the Crimean Turk volunteers, Berlin 1944–1945
- Tataren (Tatar nation)
- Deutsch-tatarisches Nachrichtenblatt ("German-Tatar News Journal") – Volga Tatar Legion, monthly publication, Berlin 1944–1945 (bilingual)
- Turkestaner (Central Asian nation)
- Yeni Türkistan ("New Turkestan") – Turkish Legion
- Svoboda ("Freedom") – 162nd Turkoman Division
- Türk Birligi ("Turkish Unity") – Osttürkischer Waffen-Verband der SS, weekly publication, Berlin 1944–1945
German commanders of Central Asian, Caucasian and Cossack units[]
These German commanders also received honorary military or leading titles between their units at charge; for example Helmuth von Pannwitz received the title of "Ataman" from his Cossack units.
- Generalleutnant Helmuth von Pannwitz
- Oberst Hans-Joachim von Schultz
- Oberstleutnant Günther von Steinsdorff
- Oberst von Baath
- Oberst Freiherr von Nolcken
- Oberst Konstantin Wagner
- Sonderführer Othmar Rudolf Wyrba a.k.a. "Dr. Doll" (German, Tibetan and Mongolian language expert; leader of the Kalmuck units)
- Oberstleutnant Pipgorra
- Oberst Raimund Hoerst
- SS-Obersturmbannführer Andreas Meyer-Mader
- SS-Hauptsturmführer Billig
- SS-Hauptsturmführer Hermann
- SS-Sturmbannführer der Reserve Franz Liebermann
- SS-Hauptsturmführer Reiner Olzscha
- SS-Hauptsturmführer Fürst
- SS-Standartenführer Harun-el-Raschid Bey (of the central Asian legions; was a German who converted to Islam while serving as an advisor to Enver Pasha)
- Generalmajor Prof. Dr. Oskar Ritter von Niedermayer
- Generalleutnant Ralph von Heygendorff
German representative of the Ministry for the Occupied Eastern Territories[]
Central Asian, Caucasian and Cossack political leaders[]
- Cossack Ataman General Pyotr Krasnov
- Cossack Ataman General Andrei Shkuro
- Cossack Ataman Vasili Glazkov
- Kalmuk Prince Tundotov
Central Asian, Caucasian and Cossack political organizations[]
- Cossack Central Office
- National Karachai Committee
See also[]
- Ostlegionen
- Collaboration with the Axis Powers during World War II
- European non-Germans in the German armed forces during World War II
- Azeri SS Volunteer Formations
- Battle of the Caucasus
- Operation Edelweiss
- Reichskommissariat Kaukasus
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