The East Came West (book)

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The East Came West: Muslim, Hindu, And Buddhist Volunteers in the German Armed Forces, 1941-1945 is a book edited by Antonio J. Munoz. It is a "study of East European and Middle Eastern collaboration with Nazi Germany in World War II". The book recounts the story of tens of thousands of volunteers who called Islam, Hinduism, and Buddhism their religious faith who fought alongside the German soldier. It was translated by Patrick Cloutier and published by Axis Europa Books in 2001 (ISBN 1-891227-39-4).

[edit] Contents

1. Arabs and members of the Muslim peoples in India
2. Balkan Muslim Volunteer Formations
3. Muslim formations raised from citizens of the USSR
4. Crimean Tartar Volunteers Formations
5. Indian volunteers
6. Indochinese volunteers
7. Kalmyck volunteers
8. Kaukasicher-Waffen-Verband-der-SS
9. Tartar volunteers
10. Arab volunteers
11. Lebanese volunteers
12. Handschar
13. Moslem legion of the Sandzack
14. Albanian militia

[edit] External links

• The East Came West at the publisher's page.

Available in the UK at World War Two Books "World War Two Books"