Forces of WWII: Inside the Units
Nazi Devil's Division: Croatian Wehrmacht Unit That Massacred Civilians
15m
The 369th (Croatian) Infantry Division, known as the Devil's Division, was one of Nazi Germany's most infamous collaborationist military formations. Created after the destruction of the Croatian Legion at Stalingrad, the division was composed of Croatian volunteers under German Wehrmacht command and deployed not against the Soviet Union, but against Partisan resistance in occupied Yugoslavia.
Instead of achieving military success, the division became notorious for brutal anti-partisan operations, systematic reprisals, village burnings, mass executions, and the murder of thousands of civilians, including women and children. This documentary follows its origins, its connection to the disaster at Stalingrad, its campaigns across Bosnia and Herzegovina, and the atrocities that ultimately defined its legacy before its collapse at the end of the Second World War.
Discover the complete history of one of the Wehrmacht's most brutal collaborationist divisions and the devastating trail of destruction it left across the Balkans.
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