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To: zimdog
From your description, it doesn't sound like they did much fighting there, really.

Incorrect. The records show the muslim 13th Waffen-SS was attached to the 2nd Panzer Army under Artillery General Maximilian de Angelis. They were pulled to the front line in Hungary to counter the Red Army's advance. They engaged the Soviets almost continuously from December 1944 until their surrender.

I'm sure the Aryan supremacists in Berlin preferred to send Slavic ûntermenschen to the eastern front slaughter in order to preserve their blond-haired, blue-eyed praetorians for defense of the Heimat.

Incorrect again. The muzzies served right along side plenty of blue eyed blond haired Germans in the 2nd Panzer army. Hitler sent 'em there because the Soviets were making a push straight for his beloved blue-eyed, blonde haired Austria and Hungary was the gateway.

As you mentioned (#214), the the Handschar troops deserted in massive numbers in Hungary

The January 1945 muster puts them at 12,000, down from 20,000 the previous year. IOW, they lost 8,000 in deaths, injuries, and desertions combined during a year of combat. The number is comparable to just about any other eastern front division in similar conditions circa 1945.

and the remaining troops raised the white flag a month after arriving in Austria, presumably having moved there for the opportunity to surrender to the Brits rather than Stalin's Red Army.

Actually they were forcefully pushed back into Austria by the Soviet advance on Vienna, the city where Hitler grew up. Along with Berlin, it was the focal point of the Nazi's last stand. The Soviets and Brits met in Austria, so yes - they picked the better side to surrender to.

259 posted on 01/11/2007 2:59:19 PM PST by lqclamar
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To: lqclamar
The muzzies served right along side plenty of blue eyed blond haired Germans in the 2nd Panzer army. Hitler sent 'em there because the Soviets were making a push straight for his beloved blue-eyed, blonde haired Austria and Hungary was the gateway.

This statement does not address the factuality of my claim that Nazi leaders in Berlin preferred to send their Slavic troops to the front lines.

270 posted on 01/15/2007 4:35:19 PM PST by zimdog
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