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Tatar Legions

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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 - Crimean Tatars, Qarays, Nogais
  2. Volga Tatar Legion - included also Bashkirs, Chuvashes, Mari, Udmurt, Mordwa
  3. Crimean Jaegers

See also