Tatar Legions Explained

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

See also

• Turkestan Legion
• Azeri Waffen SS Volunteer Formations

External links

• Eastern Legion Volunteers

Notes and References

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