Redmarkus5 -> RE: Some are more SS than others... (2/12/2011 10:17:21 PM)
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ORIGINAL: Steelers708 The Indians that were recruited made up an Heer unit not a Waffen SS unit as follows: I.R. 950 (ind) / Freies Indien Legion 1943-44 Legionskommandeur: Oberstleutnant Kurt Krappe (until 25/6/43) Ausbildungs und Betreutungsstab (Training & Maintenance Staff) formed 27/4/43 then renamed on 7/7/43 as: Regiments-Stab (ind.) Infanterie Regiment 950 I. Bataillon: w/ 4x Infanterie Kompanien (Nr. 1 - 4) II. Bataillon: w/ 4x Infanterie Kompanien (Nr. 5 - 8) III. Bataillon: w/ 4x Infanterie Kompanien (Nr. 9 - 12) 13th Infanteriegeschütz Kompanie (Infantry-Gun Company w/ 6x 7.5cm leichtes Infanteriegeschütz 18) 14th Panzerjäger Kompanie (Anti-tank Company w/ 6x Panzerabwehrkanone) 15th Pionier Kompanie (Engineer Company) Ehrenwachkompanie (Honour Guard Company) Hospital / Convalescent Home The Swedes were in the 11th SS Pz GR Div. 'Nordland' where they made up a platoon in the SS Pz Aufklarungs Abteilung 11 'Nordland', and did indeed fight in Berlin at the end. This is the listing I have: Approx 350,000 non-German volunteers in the Waffen SS: Albania - approx 3,200 - 21st SS Division Belgium (Flemish) 22,000 - 5th SS Div., 27th SS Div. Belgium (Walloons) 15,000 -5th SS Div., 28th SS Div. British - 50 - The British Freikorps Bulgaria 1,000. Croatia 30,000 7th SS Div., 13th SS Hanshar Div., 23rd SS Div. Denmark 10,000 in Freikorps Danemark, 11th SS Div. India 3,500 in the Indische Freiwilligen Legion der Waffen SS Estonia 20,000 in the 20th SS Div. Finland 1,000 Hungarians 15,000 in the 25th SS Div., 26th SS Div. 33rd SS Div. Latvia 40,000 in the Latvian Legion. Netherlands 50,000 in the 23rd SS Div., 34th SS Division Norway 6,000 in the 5th SS Div., 6th SS Div., 11th SS Div. France 8,000 33rd SS Division Italians 20,000 in the 29th SS Division Portugal? Belorussian 12,000 29th SS Div., 30th SS Division Russian Cossacks 40,000 - 1st Cossack Division Turkic 8,000 Ostürkische SS, Tatarishe SS Rumania 3,000 Waffen-Grenadierregiment der SS Serbia 15,000 volunteers Spain 1,000 Span-Freiwilligen-Komp der SS 101 Sweden, Switzerland & Luxemburg 3,000 5th SS Div., 11th SS Div. Ukraine 25,000 in the 14th SS Division. Reference material on the Indian SS volunteers - Massimiliano Afiero - Indische Freiwilligen Legion der Waffen SS Indische Freiwilligen Legion der Waffen-SS was formed when Infanterie-Regiment 950 (indische) was transferred from Heer to Waffen-SS control 8 Aug 1944 and continued its retreat towards Germany. It remained at Truppenübungsplatz Heuberg until Mar 1945 when the Indians began a march towards neutral Switzerland but they were forced to surrender to US and French troops before reaching their goal. Known war crimes 29 POWs from this unit were killed by French partisans at Poitiers 22 September 1944 and additional POWs were killed later at Bourges and Levet. Commanders SS-Oberführer Heinz Bertling (8 Aug 1944 - 8 May 1945) Area of operations France (Aug 1944 - Sep 1944) Germany (Sep 1944 - May 1945) Order of battle I. Bataillon II. Bataillon III. Bataillon 13. Infanteriegeschütz Kompanie 14. Panzerjäger Kompanie 15. Pionier Kompanie Ehrenwachkompanie Insignia A collar insignia with a tiger's head was authorized but probably only issued in small quantities. At least one period photo of it in use is known to exist.
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