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How Croatian military units fought against the USSR in WWII Archive photo The Croatian Legion was the only foreign unit that the Nazis recruited in the Battle of Stalingrad. Its members thought it a great honor, not yet knowing what nightmare awaited them there.
The so-called Independent State of Croatia (NDH) was set up under the patronage of Germany and Italy on the ruins of the destroyed Kingdom of Yugoslavia in April 1941. When, two months later, Germany invaded the USSR, the NDH could have easily stayed out of that conflict: the Eastern Front was far away and Hitler did not need its armed forces for that war.
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There are hundreds of statues and monuments in the United States and around the world to people who abetted or took part in the murder of Jews and other minorities during the Holocaust. The Forward has, for the first time, documented them in this collection of articles. For a guide to each country’s memorials click here.
Monuments to Croatian collaborators
Image by Ally Harrison
Left, Ante Pavelic with Adolf Hitler; Right, Ante Pavelic bust in Melbourne, Australia
Pavelić was the leader of the fascist Ustasha regime, which systematically murdered tens of thousands of Jews, Serbs, and Roma, the most infamous killings taking place at the Jasenovac concentration camp.
In Yugoslavia, World War II Didn t End on V-E Day
The Battle of Odžak ended 16 days after the Allies had celebrated victory in Europe. Yugoslav authorities kept the battle secret until 1971.
The small town of Odžak is nestled between the Bosna and Sava rivers, in the north of present-day Bosnia and Herzegovina. To the north and east, a handful of villages spread over the plains, while to the south and west a few shallow inclines lead into the foothills of Vučjak Mountain.
Today the town is a quiet place, only worthy of note due to a large Bosnian flag allegedly one of the biggest ever that the town’s inhabitants made a few years ago. However, in the spring of 1945, the last battle of World War II in Europe took place in and around the town.