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...
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the Waffen-SS recruited significant numbers of non-Germans, both as volunteers and conscripts. Of a peak strength of 950,000 in 1944, the Waffen-SS consisted...
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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...
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June 1941, the Finnish Volunteer Battalion of the Waffen-SS was formed from volunteers from that country. This unit was attached to the SS Regiment Nordland...
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The 20th Waffen Grenadier Division of the SS (1st Estonian) was a foreign infantry division of the Waffen-SS that served alongside the Wehrmacht during...
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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...
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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...
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see: Waffen-SS foreign volunteers and conscripts Rhodesian Light Infantry (initially all-Rhodesian, this unit became the "Foreign Legion" of the Rhodesian...
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SS-FHA (the SS High Command) fixed a percentage of 50% for the unit coming from volunteers of Waffen-SS units, the rest from volunteers from the disciplinary...
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Estonian Legion (category Legions of the Waffen-SS)
The Estonian Legion (Estonian: Eesti Leegion, German: Estnische Legion) was a military unit of the Combat Support Forces of the Waffen-SS during World...
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