Wehrmacht Foreign Volunteers and Conscripts

## List of units[edit]

Foreign volunteer battalion in the Wehrmacht. Soldiers of the Free Arabian Legion in Greece, September 1943
Spanish volunteer forces of the Blue Division entrain at San Sebastián, 1942
Ukrainian Liberation Army oath to Adolf Hitler

### Croatia[edit]

 Croatian Anti-Aircraft Legion

## Middle East[edit]

* *Legion Freies Arabien* (Arab volunteers)
	+ *Deutsch-Arabische Lehr-Abteilung* (Arab volunteers)
	+ *Deutsch-Arabisches Bataillon Nr. 845* (Arab volunteers)
* *Freiwilligen-Stamm-Regiment 1* (Turkish volunteers)

## Azerbaijani, Georgian and Armenian volunteers[edit]

Further information: Azeri SS Volunteer Formations

* *Armenische Legion* (Armenian volunteers)
* *Aserbaidschanische Legion* (Azerbaijani volunteers)
* *30. Waffen-Grenadier-Division der SS (Russische Nr. 2)*
* *Georgische Legion* (Georgian volunteers)
* *Freiwilligen-Stamm-Regiment 1* (Georgian volunteers)
* *Freiwilligen-Stamm-Regiment 2* (Armenians & Azerbaijanis)
* *Sonderverband Bergmann* (Georgian and Azerbaijani volunteers)
	+ *I. Sonderverband Bergmann* Battalion (Georgian volunteers)
	+ *III. Sonderverband Bergmann* Battalion (Azerbaijani volunteers)
* *SS-Waffengruppe Georgien* (Georgian volunteers)
* *SS-Waffengruppe Armenien* (Armenian volunteers)
* *SS-Waffengruppe Aserbaidschan* (Azeri volunteers)

## North Caucasian volunteers[edit]

* *Kaukasisch-Mohammedanische Legion* (Azerbaijani, Circassian, Daghestani, Chechen, Ingush, and Lezghin volunteer units)
* *Kaukasischer-Waffen-Verband der SS* or *Freiwilligen Brigade Nordkaukasien* (volunteers from the North Caucasus region)
* *Nordkaukasische Legion* ("North Caucasian Legion" volunteers from the North Caucasus region)
* *Freiwilligen-Stamm-Regiment 1* (North Caucasian volunteers)
* *Sonderverband Bergmann* (North Caucasian volunteers)
	+ *II. Sonderverband Bergmann* Battalion (North Caucasian volunteers)
* *SS-Waffengruppe Nordkaukasus* (North Caucasian volunteers; Chechens, Ingush & Dagestani)

## Central Asian volunteers[edit]

* *162. (Turkistan) Infanterie-Division* (Turkestani volunteers)
* *Muselmanischen SS-Division Neu-Turkistan* (Turkestani volunteers)
* *Turkistanische Legion* (volunteers from Central Asia; Uzbeks, Kazakhs & Turkmen)
* *Böhler-Brigade* (Turkestani volunteers)
* *1. Turkestanisches-Arbeits-Battalion* (Turkestani volunteers)
* *2. Turkestanisches-Arbeits-Battalion* (Turkestani volunteers)
* *3. Turkestanisches-Arbeits-Battalion* (Turkestani volunteers)
* *Osttürkischer Waffen-Verband der SS* or *1. Ostmuselmanisches SS-Regiment* (Central Asia volunteers)
* *Turkestanisches-Arbeits-Ersatz-Battalion* (Turkestani volunteers)
* *Waffen-Gruppe Turkistan* (Central Asian volunteers)

## Kalmykian volunteers[edit]

* *Kalmüken Verband Dr. Doll* (Kalmykian volunteers)
* *Abwehrtrupp 103* (Kalmykian volunteers)
* *Kalmücken Legion* or *Kalmücken-Kavallerie-Korps* (Kalmykian volunteers)

## Tatar volunteers[edit]

* Tatar Legion
* *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[edit]

* *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[edit]

* *Freiwilligen-Stamm-Division* (Georgian, Turkish, North Caucasian, Armenian & Azerbaijani volunteers)

## Caucasian, Central Asian, Crimean and Ural mixed volunteer units[edit]

Main article: Ostlegionen

* *Waffen-Gruppe Turkistan*
* *Waffen-Gruppe Idel-Ural*
* *Waffen-Gruppe Azerbaijan*
* *Waffen-Gruppe Krim*

## Propaganda newspapers for Caucasian and Cossack units[edit]

Azerbaijan
* *Azerbajçan* – Azerbaijani Legion

Kalmykia
* *Kalmyckij Boec* ("Kalmyk Soldier") – Kalmyk Cavalry Corps

Kosaken (Cossack Nation)
* *Kosaken-Illustrierte* ("Cossack Illustrated") – 1st Cossack Cavalry Division (trilingual)
* *La terra dei cosacchi* ("The Land of the Cossacks") – Cossack units in upper Italy

Krimtürken (Crimean Tatars)
* *Kirim* ("Crimea") – Weekly paper for the Crimean Tatar 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") – Turkistan 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[edit]

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

## Central Asian, Caucasian and Cossack political leaders[edit]

* Cossack Ataman General Pyotr Krasnov
* Cossack Ataman General Andrei Shkuro
* Cossack Ataman Vasili Glazkov
* Kalmuk Prince Tundotov

## Central Asian, Caucasian and Cossack political organizations[edit]

* Cossack Central Office
* National Karachai Committee