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    Quote Originally Posted by Husar View Post
    I can't say I'm an expert on Nazi army organization, but the idea of units divided by religion sounds very strange for the Nazis. Religion was often an afterthought for them or something they used to further their goals. Their propaganda rarely seems to have touched on the religious side of the jews, mostly on ethnic and other "differences". They only arranged themselves with the Christian churches since it seemed necessary to keep the support of the population, AFAIK they had no further interest in it beyond that. If they ever did such a thing it was probably out of some necessity such as unit cohesion or esprit de corps.
    One is not opposed to the other...
    Himmler was fascinated by Religions. Hitler was indifferent. But he received the Grand Mufti of Jerusalem on the insistence of Himmler, who himself wanted to create Mulsim Units, therefore the Hanzar and the Kama, but as well the Skandenberg for Albanian.
    Remember that Serbs, Croats and Muslim speak the same language... So the choice to create a Serbian (Orthodox) unit (White Eagle) and Muslim units and to have the regular Croatian Army (plus Ustase) was not based on ethnicity, but on religions.

    Detail: The last unit which try to take the Tractor factory (I think) in Stalingrad was a Croatian Unit.
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