1st SS Cossack Cavalry Division
The 1st Cossack Cavalry Division (German: 1. Kosaken-Kavallerie-Division) was a Russian Cossack division of the German Army that served during World War II. It was created on the Eastern Front mostly with Don Cossacks already serving in the Wehrmacht, those who escaped from the advancing Red Army and Soviet POWs. In 1944, the division was transferred to the Waffen SS, becoming part of the XV SS Cossack Cavalry Corps, established in February 1945. At the end of the war, the unit ceased to exist.
1st Cossack Cavalry Division | |
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German: 1. Kosaken-Kavallerie-Division | |
Divisional insignia | |
Active | 1943–45 |
Country | Nazi Germany |
Branch | Wehrmacht Waffen-SS |
Type | Cavalry |
Role | Bandenbekämpfung Maneuver warfare Raiding |
Size | 25,000 |
Part of | XV SS Cossack Cavalry Corps |
Engagements | World War II |
Commanders | |
Notable commanders | Helmuth von Pannwitz |
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It was one of two cossack cavalry divisions, the other being the 2nd Cossack Cavalry Division.: 189
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