The 11th SS-Freiwilligen-Panzer-Grenadier-Division Nordland

 

Several thousand ethnic Germans in Romania, (the so called Volksdeutscher) were drafted into the Waffen-SS in 1943. With these new troops Himmler built up the new 11th Waffen-SS Division. To fill the ranks Division “Nordland” also took over battalion strength units from Danmark and Norway, though ninety percent of the division were Volksdeutsche from Romania. They were first used in combat in Croatia, the Oranienbaumer, Estonia, and Latvia. After the Soviet attack in Pomerania they fought in Berlin and were destroyed there.

 

Rolf Michaelis

Hardcover 152pp 80 b&w photos/illustrations

 

The 11th SS-Freiwilligen-Panzer-Grenadier-Division Nordland

Book Code:  SC1053