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30th Waffen Grenadier Division of the SS (1st Belarussian) was a German Waffen SS Grenadier division recruited from Belarusian volunteers. It saw action on the Eastern Front during World War II. Waffen-SS recruitment poster: Volunteer for the Waffen-SS The Waffen-SS (Armed Protective Squadron) was the combat arm of the Schutzstaffel. ...
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- January 1945: Forming of the Waffen-Grenadier-Brigade der SS (weißruth. Nr. 1) with some 2000 men in Grafenwöhr.
- 1 Rgt (3 Btls) [Waffen-Grenadier-Regiment 75 (weißruth. Nr. 1)]
- Arty Btl
- Armored Btl (1 Armored Recce Coy & 1 Anti-Tank Coy)
- Recce Btl (1 Füsilier Coy & 1 Mounted Recce Esc)
- Field-Replacement Btl
- Engineer Coy
- Radio/Signal Coy
- 9 March 1945: Renaming of the Waffen-Grenadier-Brigade der SS (weißruth. Nr. 1) into 30. Waffen-Grenadier-Division der SS (weißruth. Nr. 1) whitout any changings of the strength or OOB.
- April 1945: Dissolution of the 30. Waffen-Grenadier-Division der SS (weißruth. Nr. 1)
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Short history
The SS assigned a special train that has carried 800 collaborators and their families to Germany on June 28, 1944. Radasłaŭ Astroŭski left two days later since he was organizing evacuation. Most of the recruits conscripted to Biełaruskaja Krajovaja Abarona stayed in Belarus and were later scrutinized by Stalin's NKVD. But the 20,000 of Franz Kushel's polizei earned special notoriety and knew that there would be no amnesty for them. They marched a thousand miles to their new home. These units were absorbed into 30th Waffen Grenadier Division of the SS (2nd Russian). This infantry division was formed from the remnants of the 29th Waffen Grenadier Division of the SS (1st Russian), which included Belarusian and Ukrainian units. It was not unusual since there were French, Dutch, Romanian, Hungarian, Yugoslavian and even Muslim units. The 30th Division was considered experienced in fighting partisans, so it was immediately transfered to Alsace-Lorraine to fight French Resistance. Astroŭski persuaded Himmler to place belarusian part of 30 Division under Belarusian command. He had set up an officers' school and issued uniforms with "Waffen Sturm-brigade Belarus" designation. The symbol chosen was an ancient double cross of Efrasinnia Polackaia with two bars equal in length and parallel to each other. Soon the fresh belarusian cadets were thrown into battle against advancing U.S. Third Army of George S. Patton. Orders were issued for belarusian forces to be absorbed by Andrey Vlasov's Russian Liberation Army. But Astroŭski sabotaged it. He also sabotaged the idea of the Committee for the Liberation of the Peoples of Russia, since he did not wanted to align himself with russians. SS or ss or Ss may be: The Schutzstaffel, a Nazi paramilitary force Steamship (SS) (ship prefix) The United States Secret Service A submarine not powered by nuclear energy (SS) (United States Navy designator), see SSN A Soviet/Russian surface-to-surface missile, as listed by NATO reporting name Shortstop...
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