Tuhia he tomokanga mō tēnei wāhanga - I te Hakihea o te tau 1942, i kōwhiri te Tumuaki o Tiamana ki te whakanoho i te wehenga ki ngā whenua o Balkans ki te whawhai ki ngā Kaitiaki Communist a Tito. Ko tana mahi whawhai nui tuatahi i puta i te Operation Weiss i te raki o Bosnia, ka uru atu ki te Operation Schwartz
mai i te 15 o Mei ki te 16 o Hune 1943, nga mahi nui e rua i whakahaerehia e te Wehrmacht i te pakanga. Whai muri i te hekenga o Itari, i mahi te wehenga i te taha o tetahi atu Ropu o Croatia, te 373rd (Croatian) Ropu Rererangi me te Wahanga Waffen-SS <unk>Prinz Eugen<unk>, he wehenga kei roto i nga Volksdeutsche mai i te NDH me te Banat, me etahi atu waahanga Tiamana me Croatia.