Stamp Croatia Sc B18 Sheet 1942 WWII 3rd Reich Germany Zagreb Heroes Army MNH

Description: Croatia HRVATSKA NDH Legions for Russia Semi Postal influenced by the 3rd Reich. The 369th Reinforced Infantry Regiment Legion was a unit of the German Wehrmacht that fought on the Eastern Front in World War II. The regiment was raised from volunteers drawn from Croatia and was commonly referred to as the Croatian Legion (Hrvatska Legija). On 10 April 1941, the Independent State of Croatia ( NDH ) was created as a puppet state aligned to the occupying Germans. The Ustaše fascist government of the NDH asked Germany for military assistance as they feared Italian territorial ambitions after ceding much of the coastal area of Dalmatia to Italy in treaties signed on 18 May 1941. The NDH viewed this as strengthening its ties with Germany in resisting further territorial losses to Italy under Mussolini, also and ally of the Third Reich. The legion members swore an oath to Adolf. Whilst not an official part of the Wehrmacht, the regiment was under German military jurisdiction. All soldiers wore Wehrmacht uniforms with a Croatian checkerboard patch incorporating the word Hrvatska (Croatia) on the upper right sleeve and right side of the helmet as seen on the stamps. To support the Croatian Legion. Own a peice of unique history, a very popular set for the Militray and Stamp collector both.

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