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2nd Cossack Cavalry Division
German: 2. Kosaken-Kavallerie-Division
ActiveNovember 1944 — May 1945
Country2nd Cossack Cavalry Division Nazi Germany
Branch2nd Cossack Cavalry Division Waffen-SS
TypeCavalry
SizeDivision
Part ofXV SS Cossack Cavalry Corps
Commanders
CommanderHans-Joachim von Schultz

The 2nd Cossack Cavalry Division (German: 2. Kosaken-Kavallerie-Division) was a short-lived cavalry division of Nazi Germany's Waffen-SS during World War II. The division existed from November 1944 until May 1945. It was one of two Waffen-SS Cossack divisions, along with the 1st Cossack Cavalry Division.

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