Finns volunteered for service on the Eastern Front of World War II in the Waffen-SS, in units of the SS Division Wiking. Most of these volunteers served... 51 KB (6,001 words) - 16:19, 5 May 2024 |
During World War II, the Waffen-SS recruited significant numbers of non-Germans, both as volunteers and conscripts. In total some 500,000 non-Germans... 41 KB (4,548 words) - 11:08, 9 May 2024 |
along with volunteers and conscripts from both German-occupied Europe and unoccupied lands. It was disbanded in May 1945. The Waffen-SS grew from three... 150 KB (18,215 words) - 19:29, 11 May 2024 |
wing of the German Nazi Party, primarily consisting of ethnic Germans along with some Norwegian and Swiss volunteers. It was the only Waffen-SS division... 38 KB (4,896 words) - 03:22, 4 May 2024 |
The 11th SS Volunteer Panzergrenadier Division Nordland (German: 11. SS-Freiwilligen Panzergrenadier-Division "Nordland") was a Waffen-SS division primarily... 19 KB (1,604 words) - 04:17, 4 May 2024 |
Lauri Törni (category Finnish Waffen-SS personnel) captain; as a Waffen-SS captain (under the alias Larry Laine) of the Finnish Volunteer Battalion of the Waffen-SS when he fought the Red Army on the Eastern... 46 KB (4,299 words) - 08:09, 7 May 2024 |
list of Waffen-SS units. I SS Panzer Corps II SS Panzer Corps III (Germanic) SS Panzer Corps IV SS Panzer Corps (formerly VII SS Panzer Corps) V SS Mountain... 11 KB (765 words) - 14:36, 30 April 2024 |