primarily of ethnic Latvians. The legion consisted of two divisions of the Waffen-SS: the 15th Waffen Grenadier Division of the SS (1st Latvian), and the 19th...
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chosen because in 1944 both divisions of the Latvian Legion, the 15th (1st Latvian) and the 19th (2nd Latvian) fought alongside each other, for the first...
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sister unit, the 19th Waffen Grenadier Division of the SS (2nd Latvian) formed the Latvian Legion. During Operation Barbarossa, German Army Group North occupied...
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Luftwaffen-Legion Lettland was a unit of the German Luftwaffe that served in the Eastern Front in 1944. It was composed almost entirely of Latvian volunteers...
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division. The Corps units fought against the Latvian Legion's 19th Division units. The unit contained few Latvian soldiers, but was important for propaganda...
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Grenadier Division of the SS (2nd Latvian) (German: 19. Waffen-Grenadier-Division der SS (lettische Nr. 2), Latvian: 19. SS grenadieru divīzija (latviešu...
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Norwegian Legion Estonian Legion Finnish Volunteer Battalion of the Waffen-SS Free Corps Denmark Indian Legion Kaminski Brigade Latvian Legion Serbian Volunteer...
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Indische Legion, also known as the Free India Legion or Tiger Legion, an Indian unit raised in 1941 and attached to the German Army Latvian Legion, a formation...
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Holocaust. Latvian soldiers fought on both sides of the conflict against their will, and in 1943 180,000 Latvian men were drafted into the Latvian Legion of the...
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2nd SS Infantry Brigade (redirect from 2 SS Latvian Brigade)
the 16th Latvian Police Battalion to the brigade in February. On 18 May 1943, these Latvian Battalions along with the other three Latvian Legion battalions...
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