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
German: 1. Kosaken-Kavallerie-Division
Divisional insignia
Active1943–45
Country Nazi Germany
Branch Wehrmacht  Waffen-SS
TypeCavalry
RoleBandenbekämpfung
Maneuver warfare
Raiding
Size25,000
Part ofXV SS Cossack Cavalry Corps
EngagementsWorld War II
Commanders
Notable
commanders
Helmuth von Pannwitz
Insignia
Identification
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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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