Indian Legion
The Indian Legion (German: Indische Legion), officially the Free India Legion (German: Legion Freies Indien) or Infantry Regiment 950 (Indian) (German: Infanterie-Regiment 950 (indisches), I.R. 950) and later the Indian Volunteer Legion of the Waffen-SS (German: Indische Freiwilligen Legion der Waffen-SS), was a military unit raised during World War II in Nazi Germany. Intended to serve as a liberation force for British-ruled India, it was made up of Indian prisoners of war and expatriates in Europe. Because of its origins in the Indian independence movement, it was known also as the "Tiger Legion", and the "Azad Hind Fauj". Initially raised as part of the German Army, it was part of the Waffen-SS from August 1944. Indian independence leader Subhas Chandra Bose initiated the legion's forma
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Indian Legion
The Indian Legion (German: Indische Legion), officially the Free India Legion (German: Legion Freies Indien) or Infantry Regiment 950 (Indian) (German: Infanterie-Regiment 950 (indisches), I.R. 950) and later the Indian Volunteer Legion of the Waffen-SS (German: Indische Freiwilligen Legion der Waffen-SS), was a military unit raised during World War II in Nazi Germany. Intended to serve as a liberation force for British-ruled India, it was made up of Indian prisoners of war and expatriates in Europe. Because of its origins in the Indian independence movement, it was known also as the "Tiger Legion", and the "Azad Hind Fauj". Initially raised as part of the German Army, it was part of the Waffen-SS from August 1944. Indian independence leader Subhas Chandra Bose initiated the legion's forma
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Die Legion Freies Indien (syno ...... sie der Waffen-SS unterstellt.
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La Legione SS "India Libera" o ...... ntale, soprattutto in Francia.
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La légion SS de l’Inde libre ( ...... lutte contre le colonialisme.
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Ochotniczy Legion Hinduski (ni ...... ec podczas II wojny światowej.
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The Indian Legion (German: Ind ...... ed with the Japanese in Burma.
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Легион «Свободная Индия» (такж ...... Индии и 14 процентов Сикхами.
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Die Legion Freies Indien (syno ...... sie der Waffen-SS unterstellt.
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La Legione SS "India Libera" o ...... ntale, soprattutto in Francia.
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La légion SS de l’Inde libre ( ...... lutte contre le colonialisme.
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Ochotniczy Legion Hinduski (ni ...... ec podczas II wojny światowej.
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The Indian Legion (German: Ind ...... e initiated the legion's forma
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Легион «Свободная Индия» (такж ...... Индии и 14 процентов Сикхами.
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Indian Legion
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Indische Freiwilligen Legion der Waffen-SS
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Legion Freies Indien
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Ochotniczy Legion Hinduski
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SS Freies Indien Legion
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Индийский добровольческий легион СС «Свободная Индия»
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Free India Legion
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"Azad Hind Fauj"
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"Tiger Legion"
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