Kaukasischer-Waffen-Verband der SS
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- Published: 28 December 2010 28 December 2010
- Last Updated: 09 June 2013 09 June 2013
The Kaukasischer-Waffen-Verband der SS, also known as Freiwilligen Brigade Nordkaukasien, began forming late 1944 with men, volunteers from the Caucasus region, from Frewilligen-Stamm-Division as a nucleus.
It was transferred from the Neuhammer training camp to Paluzza in northern Italy January 1945 and was still forming when it surrendered to the British forces at the end of the war.
Manpower strength
Nov 1944 1.525
Order of battle
SS-Waffengruppe Georgien
SS-Waffengruppe Aserbeidschan
SS-Waffengruppe Armenien
SS-Waffengruppe Nordkaukasus
Order of battle (by Michael W. Lenz)
Insignia
A collar insignia with a sword and shield was authorized but probably never issued.
Sources used
Research by by Michael W. Lenz
John R. Angolia - Cloth insignia of the SS
David Littlejohn - Foreign Legions of the Third Reich, vol 4
Antonio J. Munoz - The East came West: Muslim, Hindu and Buddhist Volunteers in the German Armed Forces 1941-1945
Frank Thayer - SS Foreign volunteer collar insignia and their reporductions (in The Military Advisor, Vol 4 No 2)
Reference material on this unit
Antonio J. Munoz - The East came West: Muslim, Hindu and Buddhist Volunteers in the German Armed Forces 1941-1945