Why Croatia “Joined” Operation Barbarossa

The Croatian Legion (Hrvatska Legija) was also known as the 369th Reinforced Infantry Regiment (369. pojačana pješačka pukovnija) and was a pro-Axis army formation that fought on the Eastern Front. These men came from the Ustasha state: the Independent State of Croatia. Why did Croatian volunteers fight in the Wehrmacht and not in their national army (Croatian Home Guard / Hrvatsko domobranstvo)? History Hustle presents: Why Croatia “Joined” Operation Barbarossa. SUPPORT ME ON PATREON ►   / historyhustler   SUPPORT ME ON PAYPAL ► https://www.paypal.com/paypalme/Histo... SUBSCRIBE ►    / @historyhustle   INSTAGRAM ►   / historyhustle   FACEBOOK ►   / historyhustler   TWITTER ►   / hustlehistory   SOURCES – The Unknown Eastern Front. The Wehrmacht and Hitler's Foreign Soldiers (Rolf-Dieter Müller). – The Balkans 1804-2012. Nationalism, War and the Great Powers (Misha Glenny). – Hitler's New Disorder. The Second World War in Yugoslavia (Stevan K. Pavlowitch). – Visions of Annihilation. The Ustasha Regime and the Cultural Politics of Fascism, 1941-1945-(Rory Yeomans). – Joining Hitler's Crusade. European Nations and the Invasion of the Soviet Union, 1941 (David Stahel) – Croatia (Rory Yeomans). – Axis Forces in Yugoslavia 1941–45 [Men-at-Arms 282] (N. Thomas). – War and Revolution in Yugoslavia, 1941–1945. Occupation and Collaboration (Jozo Tomasevich). IMAGES Images from commons.wikimedia.org. VIDEO Video material from:    • Video   Kroatische Wochenschau "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 "Constancy Part One" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License http://creativecommons.org/licenses/b... "Dark Times" 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