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Discussion in 'Germany' started by vailron, Oct 25, 2006.

  1. vailron

    vailron Senior Member

    as well as the german serving in the ss one also has to remember other ss units for example one unit of ss was made up entirely of scandinavians, i am talking here of the waffen ss regiments that were the fighting soldiers of germany, not the ss connected to the death camps. many of germanys panzer divisions were ss. and some even contained british men who were sympathetic to the cause, and joined the ss
     
  2. spidge

    spidge RAAF RESEARCHER

    as well as the german serving in the ss one also has to remember other ss units for example one unit of ss was made up entirely of scandinavians, i am talking here of the waffen ss regiments that were the fighting soldiers of germany, not the ss connected to the death camps. many of germanys panzer divisions were ss. and some even contained british men who were sympathetic to the cause, and joined the ss

    From Wikipedia:

    Despite most volunteers hailing from Scandinavia, the Nordland carried the widest range of nationalities found in any single division. By the end of the war, Danish, Hungarian, Dutch, Norwegian, Estonian, Finnish, French, Romanian, Spanish, Swedish, Swiss and British volunteers had either served in the division or been attached to it.

    At the battle of Narva:

    The Battle has come to be known as the Battle of the European SS because the majority of the defenders were European volunteers. Joining the Nordland were the formations from all over Europe. The Walloons of the 5th SS Volunteer Sturmbrigade Wallonien, the Flemings of the 6th SS Volunteer Sturmbrigade Langemarck, the Estonians of the 20th Waffen Grenadier Division of the SS (1st Estonian), the Dutchmen of the 4th SS Volunteer Panzergrenadier Brigade Nederland as well as regular German formations. Altogether, the defenders of the Narva River line amounted to 50,000 men. Against them, the Soviets threw 200,000 men of the Leningrad Front.
     
  3. vailron

    vailron Senior Member

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