The 11th Ss Freiwilligen Grenadier Division Nordland

Download or read book The 11th SS-Freiwilligen-Grenadier-Division "Nordland" written by Rolf Michaelis and published by Schiffer Pub Limited. This book was released on 2009 with total page 155 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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 incombat in Croatia, the Oranienbaumer, Estonia, and Latvia. After the Soviet attack in Pomerania they fought in Berlin and were destroyed there.