[1] The unit retained many enlisted German personnel, and also contained Georgian and Armenians Osttruppen, although they were collectively referred to as “Turks”.

[5] In early 1944 the division was assigned to guard the Ligurian coast and in June 1944 to combat in Italy but was withdrawn due to poor performance.

For the remainder of the war, the division fought the Italian resistance movement near Spezia and the Val di Taro in Italy.

In accordance with the agreements signed by the British and Americans at the Yalta Conference, the soldiers were repatriated to the Soviet Union.

[7] The division has been implicated in a number of war crimes in Italy between December 1943 and May 1945, two of those, in January 1945 in the Emilia-Romagna resulted in the execution of at least 20 civilians each.