13th Waffen Mountain Division of the SS Handschar (1st Croatian)

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/13th_Waffen_Mountain_Division_of_the_SS_Handschar_(1st_Croatian)
GPTKB entity
Statements (28)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:infantry
gptkbp:activePeriod 1943–1945
gptkbp:branch gptkb:Waffen-SS
gptkbp:country gptkb:Nazi_Germany
gptkbp:disbanded May 1945
gptkbp:engagedIn anti-Partisan operations
gptkbp:garrison gptkb:Bosnia
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label 13th Waffen Mountain Division of the SS Handschar (1st Croatian)
gptkbp:insignia Handschar (scimitar) with swastika
gptkbp:mainTheater gptkb:Balkans
gptkbp:namedAfter handschar (scimitar)
gptkbp:nickname gptkb:Handschar_Division
gptkbp:notableCommander gptkb:Desiderius_Hampel
gptkb:Karl-Gustav_Sauberzweig
gptkbp:notableFor first non-Germanic Waffen-SS division
gptkbp:notableOperation gptkb:Operation_Maibaum
Operation Save
Operation Wegweiser
gptkbp:parentOrganization gptkb:Waffen-SS
gptkbp:recruitedFrom gptkb:Bosnian_Muslims
Croats
gptkbp:size gptkb:division
gptkbp:surrenderedTo gptkb:British_forces
gptkbp:type Mountain infantry
gptkbp:warCrimeAllegation massacres of civilians
reprisals against villages
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Karl-Gustav_Sauberzweig
gptkbp:bfsLayer 5