Kalmykian_Cavalry_Corps
Kalmykian Cavalry Corps
Military unit
The Kalmykian Cavalry Corps (German: Kalmücken-Kavallerie-Korps; also known as: German: Kalmücken Verband Dr. Doll, Oirat: Доктор Доллин Хальмг мөртә церг, romanized: Doktor Dollin Xalmg mörtä tserg, [ˈdoktər ˈdolin xɑlʲˈmək mœrˈtæ t͡sɛˈrək], Dr. Doll Kalmyk Formation (Dr. Doll was an alias of Otto Werba )) was a unit of about 5,000 ethnic Kalmyk volunteers who chose to join the German Army in 1942 rather than remain in Kalmykia as German forces retreated before the Red Army.[1] Stalin subsequently declared the Kalmyk population as a whole to be German collaborators in 1943 and ordered mass deportations to Siberia suffering great loss of life.
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