Finnish Volunteer Battalion of the Waffen-SS
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Reichsführer-SS Heinrich Himmler, Order of the day, July 11, 1943: "...Where a Finnish SS-man stood, enemy was always defeated..."
The Finnisches Freiwilligen-Bataillon der Waffen-SS was a Finnish volunteer combat battalion of the German Waffen-SS. It saw action on the Eastern Front during World War II. Formed in 1941 as SS Freiwilligen-Battalion Nordost, the battalion was made up of 1,200 Finnish volunteers who had signed to fight against the Soviet Union for two years. The unit lost 255 men killed in action, 686 wounded and 14 missing during its service.
The Finnisches Freiwilligen-Bataillon der Waffen-SS was a Finnish volunteer combat battalion of the German Waffen-SS. It saw action on the Eastern Front during World War II. Formed in 1941 as SS Freiwilligen-Battalion Nordost, the battalion was made up of 1,200 Finnish volunteers who had signed to fight against the Soviet Union for two years. The unit lost 255 men killed in action, 686 wounded and 14 missing during its service.