1st SS Cossack Cavalry Division

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The 1st Cossack Cavalry Division (German: 1. Kosaken-Kavallerie-Division) was a Cossack division of the German Army that served during World War II. It was created mostly with Cossack collaborators already serving in the Wehrmacht (mostly former Soviet prisoner of war and those who escaped from the advancing Red Army) and Ostarbeiter (slave laborers). The division was deployed to the puppet Independent State of Croatia where it fought Yugoslav Partisans and became known for its atrocities against the civilian population. In 1944, the division was transferred to the Waffen-SS, becoming part of the XV SS Cossack Cavalry Corps, established in February 1945. It was one of two Cossack cavalry divisions, the other being the 2nd Cossack Cavalry Division. After surrendering to the British forces in May 1945, the division's personnel was forcibly repatriated to the Soviet Union.

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