Hitler's Foreign Divisions: Foreign Volunteers in the Waffen-SS 1940-1945

Main information and table of contents taken from the book: Hitler's Foreign Divisions: Foreign Volunteers in the Waffen-SS 1940-1945, by Chris Bishop, Amber Books Ltd., London, United Kingdom, c. 2005. Book

Introduction. "Even today, more than six decades after the outbreak of World War II, it still seems incredible that thousands of men whose countries had been conquered by the Nazis should have volunteered for service with the SS. Hundreds of thousands more volunteered or were conscripted into the Wehrmacht, the Kriegsmarine and the Luffwaffe. Many had no choice in the matter, but a significan number were willing members of the German armed forces, and those who served with the SS were mostly volunteers. But why did the SS recruit them and , having done so, trust them in battle?" (p. 7).

• Finnish Volunteer Battalion of the Waffen-SS

Western Europe.

• Netherlands - Date of Occupation: May 1940; Number of Volunteers: 50,000; Main SS Units including Volunteers: 23rd SS-Freiwilligen Panzergrenadier Division Nederland (niederlandische Nr. 1); 34th SS-Freiwilligen Grenadier Division Landstorm Nederland.

Eastern Europe.

The Foreign SS Divisions.

The Foreign SS Brigades.

Links

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• A European Anabasis — Western European Volunteers in the German Army and SS, 1940-1945
• 27th SS Volunteer Division Langemarck (Belgium)

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Waffen-SS_foreign_volunteers_and_cons...

• German occupation of the Baltic states during World War II

The Norwegians SS Volunteers :

http://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frontkjemper

http://frontkjemperne.wordpress.com/

http://www.ivodefigueiredo.no/Artikler/Frontkjempere.htm

http://krigsbilder.net/coppermine/index.php?cat=5

The Swedish SS Volunteers :

http://www.feldgrau.com/sweden.html

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iMvQjj1oMmY

The Finnish SS Volunteers : http://www.feldgrau.com/finland.html

• Finnish Volunteer Battalion of the Waffen-SS
• Free Corps Denmark