1st Cossack Division

A Cossack cavalry regiment had a staff of four to five officers and 12 enlisted men. There was also a communications section of 70 men and an anti-armor squadron. Each regiment consisted of two battalions, while each battalion was made up of four squadrons. A Cossack cavalry regiment had 2 000 men with a German cadre of 150 men. The divisional staff had a cultural and propaganda platoon composed of three sections. Recognized total numerical strength - 13 000 Cossacks and 4 500 Germans Note: There was also a 1 000-strong Reserve and Replacement Regiment that was permanently stationed in France, albeit it was still formally part of the 1st Cossack Division. The 1st Cossack Division arrived in Yugoslavia at the end of September, 1943. It spend most of its time in Yugoslavia (between October of 1943 and the fall of 1944) participating in anti-partisan operations in Slavonia, north-western Bosnia, and northwestern Serbia. The Cossacks quickly gained a reputation of being proficient in antipartisan warfare, despite of some defections to the partisans and frosty relations with the NDH authorities. The Cossack troopers almost always fought as dragoons, riding on horseback to the battle and then dismounting to fight .

Cmdr: General Helmuth von Pannwitz Chief of Staff: Oberstleutnant von Schultz 1st Cossack Cavalry Brigade 1st Don Cossack Regiment (Don) Oberstleutnant d. R. Burggraf zu Dohna Oberst Freiherr Hans von Wolff 2nd Siberian Cossack Regiment Oberstleutnant Freiherr von Nolcken 4th Kuban Cossack Regiment Oberstleutnant Freiherr Paul von Wolff 1st Horsedrawn Cossack Artillery Battalion Hauptmann von Eisenhardt-Rothe 2nd Cossack Cavalry Brigade 3rd Kuban Cossack Regiment (Caucasus) Oberstleutnant d. R. von Jungschulz Oberst Alexander von Bosse 5th Don Cossack Regiment Oberstleutnant Ivan Kononov (the sole Russian regimental commander) 6th Terek Cossack Regiment Oberstleutnant Heinrich-Detloff von Kalben 2nd Horsedrawn Cossack Artillery Battalion Hauptmann Graf Kottulinsky 55th Recon Battalion - composed entirely of Germans Rittmeister Weil 55th Artillery Regiment (Horsedrawn) - six batteries organized into two battalions 55th Engineer Battalion - four companies Hauptmann Jans 55th Signal Battalion - composed entirely of Germans Hauptmann Schneider 55th Supply Section - two motorized and three horsedrawn columns Rittmeister d.R. Brocker

55th Medical Battalion Oberststabartz d.R. Dr. Grass Veterinary Company Stab Veterinar Dr. Stabenow