Georgian Legion of Wehrmacht in 1941-1945

THE DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF GEORGIA IN 1918-1921.RUSSIAN OCCUPATION AND GEORGIAN RESISTANCE. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D7yM1IZRhZY In February 1921 Georgia was attacked by the Red Army. The Georgian army was defeated and the Social-Democrat government fled the country. On February 25, 1921 the Red Army entered capital Tbilisi and installed a Moscow directed communist government, led by Georgian Bolshevik Filipp Makharadze. Nevertheless the Soviet rule was firmly established only after a 1924. revolt was brutally suppressed. Georgia was incorporated into the Transcaucasian SFSR uniting Georgia, Armenia and Azerbaijan. The TSFSR was disaggregated into its component elements in 1936 and Georgia became the Georgian SSR During the Second World War, the Wehrmachts ethnic Georgian Legion was formed from emigres living in Western Europe after the 1921 Soviet invasion of Georgia, combined with Soviet prisoners of war of Georgian origin. 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 Germany armed forces The Georgian Legion was a name of a Georgian military formation within the German army during World War II. Their established aim was the restoration of Georgias independence from the Soviet Union. with own flag They fought for freedom of their homeland, for Georgia. they was patriots of Georgia. 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). List of Georgian units in Wermacht 795 Battalion "Shalva Maglakelidze" Fighting: 1942 in North Ossetia, 1943 in France 796 Battalion. Fighting: 1942/43 in Tuapse, North Caucasus 797 Battalion "Giorgi Saakadze" Fighting: 1943/44 in France 798 Battalion"King Erekle II Bagrationi" Fighting: 1943/44 in France 799 Battalion "King David Bagrationi-Aghmashenebeli" Fighting: 1943/44 in France 822 Battalion "Queen Tamar" Fighting: 1943/44/45 in France and on Texel (The Netherlands) 823 Battalion "Shota Rustaveli" 824 Battalion "Ilia Chavchavadze" Fighting: 1944 in Lviv, Ukraine Lviv or Lvov, was then part of Poland. 1 SS Waffengruppe "Georgien" was formed on December 11, 1944 and commanded by Waffen-Standartenfuhrer der SS Michail Pridon Tsulukidze ps: music is from game Red Alert