162nd Turkestan Division

162nd Turkistan Division
Turkistan Division
ActiveMay 1943 – May 1945
Country Soviet Union
Allegiance Nazi Germany
BranchWehrmacht
TypeInfantry
SizeDivision
EngagementsWorld War II

The 162nd Turkistan Division was a military division that was formed by the German Army during the Second World War. It drew its men from prisoners of war who came from the Caucasus and from Turkic lands further east.