The Forgotten and Failed Bosnian Muslim Waffen-SS Division: the SS-Kama

During WW2 the Germans created the SS-Handschar Division which consisted of Bosnian Muslims. Another division was created and this was the SS-Kama. A kama is a small dagger used by Balkan sheepherders. It was established in May 1944 and disbanded in October the same year. Himmler wanted to expand Waffen-SS recruiting in the Balkans. Officially called the "23. Waffen-Gebirgs-Division der SS "Kama" (kroatische Nr. 2)". It was acknowledged that if the SS-Kama would be pulled out of Bosnia desertion would increase as the men preferred to protect their own villages instead of fighting a foreign enemy in a foreign land. Ethnic Germans were added to the formation. It was no success and the unit would be disbanded before the year's end. History Hustle presents: The Forgotten Bosnian Muslim Waffen-SS Division: the SS-Kama. The Chetniks ►    • The Chetniks in Yugoslavia during World Wa...   The Ustasha and Germans ►    • Why the Wehrmacht was OUTRAGED by Ustasha ...   The SS-Handschar ►    • The Bosnian Muslim Waffen-SS Division: the...   The Downfall of the NDH ►    • The Partisan Capture of Zagreb in World Wa...   Dutch Waffen-SS ►    • The Dutch Volunteer Legion on the Eastern ...   Ukrainian Waffen-SS ►    • Ukrainian Waffen-SS: the Galician Division   BUY ME A COFFEE ► https://buymeacoffee.com/historyhustle SUPPORT ME ON PATREON ►   / historyhustler   SUPPORT ME ON PAYPAL ► https://www.paypal.com/paypalme/Histo... SUBSCRIBE ►    / @historyhustle   INSTAGRAM ►   / historyhustle   FACEBOOK ►   / historyhustler   TWITTER ►   / hustlehistory   SOURCES – World War II Croatian Legionaries [Men-at-Arms 508] (Vladimir Brnardic). – Himmler’s Bosnian Division: The Waffen-SS Handschar Division, 1943–1945 (George Lepre). – For the Homeland. The 31st Waffen-SS Volunteer Grenadier Division in World War II (Rudolf Pencz). – Bosnia and Herzegovina in the Second World War (Enver Redzic). – Hitler's Jihadis: Muslim Volunteers of the Waffen-SS (Jonathan Trigg). IMAGES Images from commons.wikimedia.org. VIDEO Video material from:    • Muslim Waffen SS ➤ Wilhelm Hintersatz ➤ Fu...   Muslim Waffen SS ➤ Wilhelm Hintersatz ➤ FullHD    • SS Handschar division 1943-1945 #ww2 #hist...   SS Handschar division 1943-1945    • Video   The Muslim waffen SS (educational) "Copyright Disclaimer Under Section 107 of the Copyright Act 1976, allowance is made for "fair use" for purposes such as criticism, comment, news reporting, teaching, scholarship, and research. Fair use is a use permitted by copyright statute that might otherwise be infringing. Non-profit, educational or personal use tips the balance in favor of fair use." MUSIC "The Descent" "Crusade" "Division" "Prelude and Action" "Crossing the Chasm" "Devastation and Revenge" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License http://creativecommons.org/licenses/b... SOUNDS Freesound.org. E-MAIL historyhustle[at]gmail.com