Description
Featuring 1,000 unpublished photographs, this is the first book about the 4,500 Norwegian volunteers in the Waffen SS. Written by Geir Brenden and Tommy Natedal – who have researched the Norwegian volunteers since the 1980s – the book is based on Geir and Tommy’s large photo archive and covers the various fronts where most Norwegian volunteers fought, including the Caucasus, Leningrad and Karelia. Also covered in detail are the formations in which the Norwegian volunteers fought: 5. SS-Panzer-Division ‘Wiking’, SS-Freiwilligen-Legion Norwegen and 1., 2. and 3. Polizeikompanie, SS-Schikompanie ‘Norwegen’, 23. SS-Panzergrenadier-Regiment ‘Norge’, SS-Polizei-Schijäger-Bataillon 506 (mot.).
