Black Legion (Ustaše militia)
Military unit
Black Legion (Ustaše militia)
The Black Legion (Croatian: Crna Legija), officially the 1st Standing Active Brigade (Prvi stajaći djelatni sdrug), was a Ustaše Militia infantry unit active during World War II in the Independent State of Croatia, an Axis-aligned puppet state. The legion was formed in September 1941 as the 1st Ustaša Regiment. It consisted largely of Bosnian Muslim and Croat fascists from eastern Bosnia, where they carried out large-scale massacres of Serb civilians. The legion's commanders were Colonel Jure Francetić and Major Rafael Boban. It consisted of between 1,000 and 1,500 trained mechanized infantrymen.
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