Wikipedia:Today's featured article/requests/23rd Waffen Mountain Division of the SS Kama (2nd Croatian)

23rd Waffen Mountain Division of the SS Kama (2nd Croatian)

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The result was: scheduled for Today's featured article/June 19, 2014 by BencherliteTalk 20:05, 2 June 2014 (UTC)



The 23rd Waffen Mountain Division of the SS Kama (2nd Croatian) was a German mountain infantry division of the Waffen-SS, the armed wing of the German Nazi Party that served alongside but was never formally part of the Wehrmacht during World War II. It was composed of German officers and Bosnian Muslim soldiers. Named Kama after a small dagger used by Balkan shepherds, it was one of the thirty-eight divisions fielded by the Waffen-SS during World War II. Formed on 19 June 1944, it was built around a cadre from the 13th Waffen Mountain Division of the SS Handschar (1st Croatian) but did not reach its full strength and never saw action as a formation. Elements of the division fought briefly against Soviet forces in southern Hungary in early October 1944 alongside the 31st SS Volunteer Grenadier Division. They were soon disengaged from the front line in Hungary and had begun a move to the German puppet state, the Independent State of Croatia, to join the 13th SS Division when the Bosnian Muslim soldiers of the Kama division mutinied on 17 October 1944. The cadre quickly regained control, but the mutiny resulted in the division being formally dissolved on 31 October 1944.
 * Most recent similar articles: 23 April 2014
 * Main editors: User:Peacemaker67
 * Promoted: 2013
 * Reasons for nomination: The division was raised 70 years ago this June, articles exist in 17 other Wikipedia languages, and the article gets over 1000 hits a month on average. Its sister division 13th Waffen Mountain Division of the SS Handschar (1st Croatian) was TFA on 23 April 2014.
 * Support as nominator. Peacemaker67 (send... over) 11:24, 15 May 2014 (UTC)
 * Comment: I formatted the blurb a bit, but don't know the article well enough to add more, --Gerda Arendt (talk) 12:31, 15 May 2014 (UTC)
 * I added a bit more (and expanded the lead as well while I was at it...). Let me know what you think? Regards, Peacemaker67 (send... over) 09:08, 20 May 2014 (UTC)
 * Better, but you could add more details, to fill the normal space, --Gerda Arendt (talk) 09:12, 20 May 2014 (UTC)
 * Support now, thank you for expanding, --Gerda Arendt (talk) 07:55, 22 May 2014 (UTC)
 * Support -- but blurb text and article WP:LEAD text looks quite small. &mdash; Cirt (talk) 14:52, 15 May 2014 (UTC)