Eastern Troops, or "Osttruppen," of the Werhmacht. Osttruppen was the general term used for German Army units raised from volunteers and conscripts from the "eastern" peoples and nations of Europe and the Soviet Union
Cossacks in German Service: As early as the 18-th century there were Cossack troops in the service of Frederick the Great of Brandenburg-Prussia. Much later, during the course of the First World War, the Germans made plans to establish a satellite Don Cossack state in southern Russia; in fact...
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