After the invasion of Russia in the summer of 1941, the need for manpower to feed the Eastern Front led Himmler to begin setting up so-called foreign legions in the Waffen-SS.

• 在1941年夏入侵苏联后，由于东线需要大量的人力资源，希姆莱开始在武装党卫军中招募越来越多的外籍军团。