Who was in charge of the Serbian Volunteer Corps?
The Serbian Volunteer Corps was formally under Nedić’s Command of Gendarmerie, but it was, like SDS and SGS, under direct control of SS and Police Leader August Meyszner and Commanding General in Serbia. In operations in the field, its units were put under tactical command of German divisions. Ljotić himself had no control over SDK.
What was the Serbian Gestapo?
Serbian Gestapo, officially known as the 1st Belgrade Special Combat detachment, was a special Serbian SS police unit which was established in World War II Serbia. It was only after the withdrawal of the Germans and the overthrow of the Nedic regime in October 1944 that the Serbs in Serbia began to join the anti-fascist Partisans in large numbers.
Who were the Bosnian Muslim volunteers in WW2?
The contingent was composed mostly of Bosnian Muslims, but also contained Kosovo Albanian Muslims, (from 1943 to 1944) and Catholic Croatian volunteers. The unit operated under German and Austrian cadres of the 7th SS Mountain Division “Prinz Eugen” and reached a strength of 21,000 men in January 1944.
What was the Serbian State Guard and what did it do?
With Adolf Hitler’s blessing, Serbian Nazi collaborators established the Serbian State Guard which comprised of around 20,000 Serb fascists, compared to the the 3,400 German police in Serbia. Their mission was to hunt down and kill Jews, Gypsies and other non-Serbs.
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What is the Nigerian national volunteer service (nnvs)?
The Nigerian National Volunteer Service (NNVS) was set up to complement government’s effort on national development through encouraging, harnessing, managing and effectively deploying volunteer activities and services of Nigerians both at home and in Diaspora.
What was Ljotić’s role in the war in Serbia?
The only official function Ljotić held in German-occupied Serbia was administrator of Smederevo. He helped in the town’s reconstruction after large parts of it were destroyed in an ammunition depot explosion in June 1941.
What is Vojska nedićeve Srbije?
Vojska Nedićeve Srbije: oružane snage srpske vlade 1941–1945 [The Army of Nedić’s Serbia: Serbian Government Armed Forces 1941–1945] (in Serbian). Belgrade, Serbia: Službeni Glasnik. ISBN 978-86-519-1811-0. Frieser, Karl-Heinz; Schmider, Klaus (2017).