Non-Germans in the German armed forces during World War II were volunteers, conscripts and those otherwise induced to join who served in Nazi Germany's armed forces during World War II. In German war-
Propaganda photograph of members of the 13th SS Division of SS Handschar with a brochure titled "Islam and Judaism", 1943
Estonian Legion registration point, 1942
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The Indian Legion, officially the Free India Legion or 950th Infantry Regiment, was a military unit raised during the Second World War initially as part of the German Army and later the Waffen-SS from
Non-Germans in the German armed forces during World War II
…ethnicities, ranging from the mainly Turkic peoples in the Ostlegionen to the Muslim Slavs in the 13th SS Division of SS Handschar and the Indians of the Indische Legion (the Indian National Army fought against the British on the Japanese side). For the majority of volunteers from Muslim communities, their animosity…
Indian POWs in Derna, Libya, 1941.
Field Marshal Erwin Rommel inspecting a unit of the Indian Legion at the Atlantic Wall in France, 10 February 1944.
Shooting at sea targets from the Atlantic Wall in France, February 1944.
Troops of the Indian Legion at the Atlantic Wall near Bordeaux, France, March 1944.