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23rd Waffen Mountain Division of the SS Kama was founded in 1944. It consisted of volunteers from Croatia and Bosnia (both volksdeutsche and anti-communist/nationalist Croatians and Bosnian Muslims) around a German cadre. In June 1944 the unit had a strength of 2,199 men.

The Soviet forces were getting close to the training grounds of Kama in the end of 1944 and it was decided to disband the division. The (still untrained) soldiers were transferred to the predominantly Bosnian Muslim Handschar division and the staff was used to form 31. SS-Freiwilligen-Grenadier-Division. The number 23 was then given to the Nederland division.

From 1 July 1944 to 28 September 1944 the unit was commanded by SS-Standartenführer Helmuth Raithel then from 28 September 1944 to 1 October 1944 by SS-Oberführer Gustav Lombard

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• Bosnia and the Kama Division by Carl Savich

Divisionen der Waffen-Image:Schutzstaffel SS.png Divisions of the Waffen-SS (see complete list)

1st SS Division Leibstandarte SS Adolf Hitler 2nd SS Division Das Reich 3rd SS Division Totenkopf 4th SS Polizei Division 5th SS Panzergrenadier Division Wiking 6th SS Mountain Division Nord 7th SS Volunteer Mountain Division Prinz Eugen 8th SS Cavalry Division Florian Geyer 9th SS Panzer Division Hohenstaufen 10th SS Panzer Division Frundsberg 11th SS Volunteer Panzergrenadier Division Nordland 12th SS Panzer Division Hitlerjugend 13th Waffen Mountain Division of the SS Handschar (1st Croatian) 14th Waffen Grenadier Division of the SS Galizien (1st Ukrainian) 15th Waffen Grenadier Division of the SS (1st Latvian) 16th SS Panzergrenadier Division Reichsführer-SS 17th SS Panzergrenadier Division Götz von Berlichingen 18th SS Volunteer Panzergrenadier Division Horst Wessel 19th Waffen Grenadier Division of the SS (2nd Latvian) 20th Waffen Grenadier Division of the SS (1st Estonian) 21st Waffen Mountain Division of the SS Skanderbeg (1st Albanian) 22nd SS Volunteer Cavalry Division Division Maria Theresia 23rd Waffen Mountain Division of the SS Kama 23rd SS Volunteer Panzergrenadier Division Nederland 24th Waffen Mountain (Karstjäger) Division 25th Waffen Grenadier Division of the SS Hunyadi 26th Waffen Grenadier Division of the SS (2nd Hungarian) 27th SS Volunteer Grenadier Division Langemarck (1st Flemish) 28th SS Volunteer Grenadier Division Wallonien 29th Waffen Grenadier Division of the SS (1st Russian) 29th Waffen Grenadier Division of the SS (1st Italian) 30th Waffen Grenadier Division of the SS (2nd Russian) 30th Waffen Grenadier Division of the SS (1st Belarussian) 31st SS Volunteer Grenadier Division 32nd SS Volunteer Grenadier Division 30 Januar 33rd Waffen Cavalry Division of the SS (3rd Hungarian) 33rd Waffen Grenadier Division of the SS Charlemagne (1st French) 34th SS Volunteer Grenadier Division Landstorm Nederland 35th SS and Police Grenadier Division 36th Waffen Grenadier Division of the SS 37th SS Volunteer Cavalry Division Lützow 38th SS Division Grenadier Nibelungen

de:23. Waffen-Gebirgs-Division der SS „Kama” (kroatische Nr. 2)

fr:23e division SS de montagne Kama it:23. Waffen-Gebirgs-Division der SS Kama pl:23. Dywizja Górska SS (2. chorwacka) Kama