Kriegsmarine Claus Jacob

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Georgian Uprising of Texel

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Georgian_Uprising_of_Texel

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Claus Gustav Friedrich Louis Jacob

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[Hauptmann]

Congrats on a terrific group plus many thanks for sharing the addition history. This uprising was something I didn't know about. A great story!

Again many thanks for sharing all this!

Dan

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Congrats on a terrific group plus many thanks for sharing the addition history. This uprising was something I didn't know about. A great story!

Again many thanks for sharing all this!

Dan

Thank you Dan,

my pleasure!

A little be more info about GL :

,,During the Second World War, the Wehrmacht’s ethnic Georgian Legion was formed from émigrés living in Western Europe after the 1921 Soviet invasion of Georgia, combined with Soviet prisoners of war of Georgian origin who were enlisted, while facing certain death from starvation, disease, forced labor and brutality in POW camps.

Nazi Germany invaded the Soviet Union in June 1941, though they never reached Soviet Georgia. The Georgian Legion was formed in December 1941. The Georgians trained in the western Ukraine and became operational in the autumn of 1942. At least 30,000 Georgians served in the Nazi armed forces. The Georgians served in thirteen field battalions of up to 800 men, each made up of five companies. Georgians were also found in the Wehrmacht's North Caucasian Legion and in other Caucasian ethnic legions. The Georgian military formations were commanded by Schalwa Maglakelidse, Michel-Fridon Zulukidse, Col. Solomon Nicholas Zaldastani and other officers formerly of the Democratic Republic of Georgia (1918-21).

This venture was largely hampered by the intervention of Alfred Rosenberg. Adolf Hitler himself was greatly suspicious of the Georgian and other Soviet battalions. Across Europe, especially in Italy and France, many Georgian soldiers of the Wehrmacht deserted and joined local Resistance Movements. Eventually, some of the ethnic Georgian units were disbanded and their officers repressed. Many Georgians under Nazi domination were saved only by the intervention of Alexander Nikuradze, Michael Achmeteli, and some other Georgian scholars who were held in high esteem in Germany.^[1] As a result of Hitler’s distrust of Osttruppen ("Eastern Troops"), the remaining Georgian battalions were moved west to occupation duties in the Netherlands. With the western allies driving into Germany, the Texel-based 822nd Georgian battalion rebelled against their German overlords. The resulting battle, sometimes described as Europe's last battle, continued from April 5, 1945 past the general German surrender, until May 20. This event is known as the Georgian Uprising of Texel.''

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mrc7oOpqL8g

[Douglas Jr.]

Outstanding group.

Thanks for sharing the documents and the fantastic additonal information.

Duglas

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Danke!

[spanferkel]

Very nice group with interesting back story.

Thanks for showing.

Jeremy