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

It included:

  1. Crimean Tatar Legion, comprising Crimean Tatars, Qarays, Nogais
  2. Volga Tatar Legion, which included also Bashkirs, Chuvashes, Mari, Udmurt, Mordwa

See also

References

  1. Littlejohn, David (1994). Foreign Legions of the Third Reich, Vol. 4: Poland, the Ukraine, Bulgaria, Free India, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Finland and Russia. San Jose, California: R. James Bender Publishing. pp. 250–253, 271. ISBN 0-912138-36-X.
  2. Borsarello, J.-F.; Palinckx, Werner (2007). Wehrmacht & SS: Caucasian-Muslim-Asian Troops (in French). Casemate Pub & Book Dist Llc. p. 73. ISBN 9782840482192.

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