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Originally Posted by Desert Dog  The Germans allowed muslims into the SS? |
There were three all told. 13th SS Mountain Division Handschar, 21st SS Albanian Mountain Division Skanderberg, and the SS Croatian Kama Division. All three wore fezzes with the Nazi eagle and swastika, and the Mufti of Jerusalem, Haf Amin el-Husseini, provided them with imams for spiritual leadership.
All were raised in February 1943 to fight Tito's partisans, who were mostly Christians. However, the divisions did not perform well, and even mutinied during training. The Handschar Division saw some action against partisans, but the other two were never at divisional strength. All were disbanded by the end of 1944.
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