Tengri Biz Menen! © Ost Türkischer Waffen Verband der SS-Turkistan

Yugoslavia and Italy. In November 1943, the “Ostmanische SS-Division“ was formed comprising of three separate eastern groups: Turkistan, Idel-ural and Crimea. Reichsfьhrer Himmler was very interested in this Eastern SS formation because his intent was to utilize some of the cadre personal for a training unit with the hope of raising further Eastern volunteer units. Because of volunteer shortages the unit was later designated as “1. Ostmusselmanisches SS-Regiment“ in July 1944. Finaly by October 1944, with m