Tiger Legion
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During World War II, the Tiger Legion was a unit of the German Wehrmacht (it became part of the Waffen-SS in 1944) made up of men from India. The legion was formed in order to take advantage of the growing calls for the independence of British India. The Tiger Legion was recruited from Indian POWs and Indian civillians living in Germany. There were many volunteers for the unit initially, but the Germans eventually had to resort to other methods to man the force. At its height in 1943, the Tiger Legion contained around 2,000-3,000 members, although this number was often exaggerated by the German authorities for propaganda purposes. The Tiger Legion wore standard German Army uniforms with the addition of a shield shaped badge on the upper right arm consisting of the Indian flag and the image of a leaping tiger.
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- Wilmott, Cross, Messenger "World War II", page 249