I don't normally do links to other blogs but there is a remarkable piece in the Dogs of War blog -- link below -- called ISLAM UNDER THE SWASTIKA -- The Grand Mufti and the Nazi Protectorate of Bosnia-Hercegovina, 1941-1945.
The piece is generally history without comment (although there are a few side comments showing the writer's political slant -- which is legitimate, we all have views) and it is a fascinating introduction to a little known part of the Second World War.
The photograph here shows:
Volunteers from the Handzar division, an expressly Muslim Waffen SS division. All wear the fez. Their logo consists of a skull and crossbones and an SS eagle. There were different models of fez in different colors (green or red and with or without the tassel). A scimitar or curved sword and a swastika were engraved on uniform collars.
http://magna-dogsofwar.blogspot.com/2008/08/islam-under-swastika.html
2 comments:
Concentrate to the things that could give information to the people.
It's not really surprising. They had been on our side in WWI and we reneged on every promise we gave them before turning ourselves into their "new Ottoman" masters. Twenty years later the Germans came along with a better offer.
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