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Yes there were Arab Muslim Nazi units

I recently saw a meme that said that Nazis did not have any Arab Muslims and they would have been discriminated against. This is entirely false, as I already knew. I decided people needed to be educated on Sonderverband 287 , which was part of the Free Arab Legion. This was a mixture of Arabs from Iraq and Syria with Nazi leadership . The German military, SS, and Arab Muslims worked well together, though their combined military unit didn't have the success they dreamed of. Iraq Rebellion The start of the Sonderverband 287 dream started because the Iraqi anti-British group Golden Square needed help in throwing off the reign of the British in their nation. A common theme of many nations at that time that were controlled by the British Empire. The Germans decided to help, though the rebellion would fail. Those Iraqis who had been helped by the Germans, along with Syrians not wanting to be a colony, joined up with the German military and formed Sonderverband (Special Unit) 287. Militar...