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444th Security Division (Wehrmacht)

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From November 1941, the division was ordered to recruit a Turkic unit among the prisoners of war in the prison camps. Hence, a Turkestan regiment (of four companies) was created in November 1942. In early January 1943, now in
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in Wehrmacht's rear areas in conjunction with nearby German units. Along with other security and police forces in the occupied territories, the division participated in
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At the beginning of 1944, both security regiments were removed and in May 1944 the division was completely dissolved.
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Shepherd, Ben H. (2003). "The Continuum of Brutality: Wehrmacht Security Divisions in Central Russia, 1942".
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Der sowjetrussische Partisanenkrieg 1941 bis 1944 im Spiegel deutscher Kampfanweisungen und Befehle
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Der Ostfeldzug: Die Wehrmacht im Vernichtungskrieg: Planung, Kooperation, Verantwortung
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against prisoners of war and the civilian population. The division was subordinated to
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Hitler's Bandit Hunters: The SS and the Nazi Occupation of Europe
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Index

Nazi Germany
Army (Wehrmacht)
Security division
Division
World War II
Helge Auleb
rear-security division
Wehrmacht
Nazi Germany
Soviet Union
Army Group South Rear Area
Darmstadt
XII Military District
Ohlau
Silesia
221st Infantry Division
occupied Ukraine
Southern Russia
Army Group South
communications
supply lines
partisans
war crimes
Karl von Roques
454th Security Division
commissar
Bolshevik
Jew
guerrilla
Army Group A

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