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To: Bokababe
The Handzar were not Ustashe. The Handzar was an SS unit under German officers and part of the German army, not the Croatian army nor Ustashe.

Yeah, I can imagine why Pavelic would be so sorry to lose these Honorary Croat Muslims to their own SS Division (sponsored by the Mufti of Jerusalem) after he had already trained them as efficient killers of Serbs and Jews for his own German-backed government.

I'm gonna repeat myself for the last time since you seem intent on remaining ignorant:

The Handzar was an SS unit first proposed by Heinrich Himmler. NDH opposed the creation of the Handzar since Bosnian Imams sought to use this division as a nucleus of a force in which to take Bosnia out of NDH and put it under direct German rule. Pavelic protested and sent his point man Vrancic to meet with Hitler. Hitler agreed to some of Pavelic's demands and allowed some non-Muslims into the unit. On training in Villefranche in the south of France, the non-Muslims of the unit rebelled in what is known as the "revolte de la Croates".

The Handzar were under the German army, not the Croatian army. When they returned to Eastern Bosnia, they fought together with Serbian Chetniks in anti-Partisan sweeps in northeastern Bosnia.

You can read all about the Handzar in this book and cure your brain of its ignorance:


32 posted on 08/08/2008 1:23:05 PM PDT by Diocletian
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To: Diocletian
No, you are avoiding my question by repeating that "Handzar are not Ustase".

I'll write it bold so you can read it reeeeeeeeeeeaalllllllll sloooooooooooow:

Who are these WWII Bosnian Muslims with the fez and the Ustasa insignia on their arm? Are they Muslim Croatian Ustasa or are they Handzar? And why in the hell is Pavelic wearing a Muslim fez?

Because whether they are Ustasa in the photo or whether they are Handzar, these are the same Bosnian Muslims who ultimately became the SS Handzar Division!

33 posted on 08/08/2008 7:16:22 PM PDT by Bokababe ( http://www.savekosovo.org)
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