Hitler's Jihadis : Muslim volunteers of the Waffen-SS / Jonathan Trigg.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Trigg, Jonathan.

Contributor:

Althea Hottel and Abraham S. Hottel, Jr. Fund.

Series:

Hitler's legions series

Hitler's legions

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Waffen-SS--History.

Waffen-SS.

World War, 1939-1945--Participation, Muslim.

World War, 1939-1945.

Foreign enlistment--Germany--History--20th century.

Foreign enlistment.

History.

Germany.

Physical Description:

224 pages, 32 pages of plates : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm.

Place of Publication:

Stroud : History Press, 2008.

Contents:

Introduction 15

I Nazism and Islam 19

II The War begins 29

III The German Army's Muslim Legions - The Soviet Union and The Middle East and North Africa 35

IV The 1st East Mussulman SS-Regiment-Himmler's first Muslim SS (Ostmuselmannisches SS-Regiment 1) 53

V Bosnian Muslims - The History of the 13th SS Mountain Division 'Handschar' (13. Waffen-Gebirgs Division der SS Handschar (Kroatische Nr.1)) 69

VI Albanian Muslims - The History of the 21st SS Mountain Division 'Skanderbeg' (21. Waffen-Gebirgs Division der SS Skanderbeg (albanische Nr.1)) 139

VII The Last Gasp in the Balkans - The 23rd SS Mountain Division 'Kama' (23. Waffen-Gebirgs Division der SS Kama (Kroatische Nr.2)) 157

VIII Himmler's Muslim Brigades - The 1st SS Tartar Mountain Brigade and the East Turkic SS Armed Detachments (Waffen-Gebirgs Brigade der SS (Tatar Nr.1) and the Osttürkischer Waffen-Verbände der SS) 175

IX 'Free India' - Indian Muslims in the Waffen-SS 181

X Peace and Retribution 191

XI Legacy 199.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 217-219) and index.

Local Notes:

Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Althea Hottel and Abraham S. Hottel, Jr. Fund.

ISBN:

9781862274877

1862274878

OCLC:

244314962