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[[File:Nordkaukasien legion flag.svg|thumb|The banner of pro-German North Caucasian Legion of WWII]]
The '''North Caucasian Legion''' ({{langx|de|Legion Nordkaukasien}}) and the '''Mountain-Caucasian Legion''' ({{langx|de|Bergkaukasien Legion}}) legions were created in accordance with the order of 19 February 1942. Initially, its soldiers, recruited from the camps of prisoners of war, deserters, and partly from representatives of emigration were included in the [[Caucasian-Mohammedan Legion]] ({{langx|de|Kaukasisch-Mohammedanische Legion}}). On 2 August 1942, in accordance with the order of 19 February 1942, all fighters of Muslim North Caucasian and Mountain Caucasian (both Muslims and Christians) origin were separated from the ''Caucasian-Mohamedan Legion'' into separate ''North Caucasian / Mountain-Caucasian'' legions. These Legions consisted of [[Abkhazians]], [[Circassians]], [[Kabardians]], [[Balkars]], [[Karachays]], [[Chechens]], [[Ingushes]], and the peoples of [[Dagestan]]. The [[Kurds]], [[Talyshs]] and North [[Ossetians]] appeared later. Formally, both of these legions were the Armed Forces of the so-called North Caucasus National Committee.
[[File:Nordkaukasien legion.svg|thumb|patch of the North Caucasian Legion]]
== See also ==
*[[Ostlegionen]]
*[[Tscherim Soobzokov]]
==Sources==
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*[https://books.google.com/books?id=0D1rBQAAQBAJ&dq=mountain+caucasian+legion&pg=PT209 Motadel David.Islam and Nazi Germany]
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