The Ustaše considered Bosniaks to be Muslim Croats and natural allies in their quest to eliminate the Serbs.
13th Waffen Mountain Division of the SS Handschar (1st Croatian) was a division OF the SS, not an SS division. SS divisions weer made up of ethnic Germans. Foreign vlunteers and conscripts were in units designated as ‟Division of the SS”.
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The Ustaše considered Bosniaks to be Muslim Croats and natural allies in their quest to eliminate the Serbs.
13th Waffen Mountain Division of the SS Handschar (1st Croatian) was a division OF the SS, not an SS division. SS divisions weer made up of ethnic Germans. Foreign vlunteers and conscripts were in units designated as ‟Division of the SS”.