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	6th SS Mountain Division Nord - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The SS Division "Nord" was a German army unit of the Waffen-SS.
		The division was later attached to the Finnish III Corps operating in the Kiestinki area.
		In September 1942 the division was renamed as the SS Gebirgs Division "Nord" (SS Mountain Division "the North") and in October 1943 finally as the 6th SS Gebirgs Division "Nord".
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/6th_SS_Mountain_Division_Nord (1517 words)

	Avalanche Press
		SS Nord officially became a mountain division in January 1942, and later in 1942 became the 6th SS Mountain Division “Nord.” The rebuilt division fought against the Soviet spring offensive in 1942 and this time managed to hold its lines.
		SS Nord clashed with the Finnish 11th Division as it headed toward Norway, and a special order from Heinrich Himmler, head of the SS, was read to the division’s troops promising reprisals against the family members of anyone who took advantage of the situation to defect to Sweden.
		SS Nord by this point consisted of two mountain infantry regiments, the 11th (named for the war criminal Reinhard Heydrich, executed by partisans in 1942 but known to many of the regiment’s older veterans from their time in Prague) and 12th (which stained the name of Michael Gaissmaier, a 16th-century Tirolese war hero).
	www.avalanchepress.com /EvilMountaineers.php (931 words)

	9th SS Panzer Division Hohenstaufen - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The division fought several rear-guard actions during the retreat through France and Belgium, and in early September 1944, the exhausted unit was pulled out of the line for rest and refit near the Dutch city of Arnhem.
		The division, along with the majority of the SS Panzer units available, was to take part in Operation Frühlingserwachen (Spring Awakening), the offensive near Lake Balaton aimed at securing the Hungarian oilfields and relieving the forces trapped in Budapest by the Soviets.
		Hohenstaufen was involved in the ferocious fighting to escape the Soviet encirclement, and on 6 April the tattered remnants of the division emerged from the trap.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/9th_SS_Panzer_Division_Hohenstaufen (1745 words)

	Carl Savich \| Columns \| serbianna.com
		SS Untersturmfuehrer Hans Villier was transferred from the Kama Division to the Batschka Division, which was the successor division to Kama.
		Heinz Hummel, a zugfuehrer or platoon leader in the pioneer battalion of the 31st Batschka SS Division, recalled that with the collapse of the German military front in Hungary, the Bosnian Muslim troops began to desert.
		The commander of the division was SS Brigadefuehrer Gustav Lombard from October 1, 1944 to April, 1945.
	www.serbianna.com /columns/savich/070.html (2713 words)

	Background : The Waffen-SS Marches - World War Two (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
		The organizational structure of the SS units tended to be somewhat larger than their Army counterparts, a fact which would continue throughout the war.
		SS divisions LSSAH and "Wiking" were attached to Army Group South, "Reich" to Army Group Middle, and "Totenkopf" and "Polizei"(in reserve) to Group North.
		The fighting capability of these units ranged from excellent (almost identical to the crack SS divisions), as in the case of the west Europeans, to useless, as was the case with the majority of east European units.
	www.valourandhorror.com /DB/BACK/SS_marches.php (1429 words)

	Bosnia’s Nazi Past: The Kama Division \| Carl Savich \| Columns \| Serbianna.com
		Kama was the sister division of the earlier Handzar division.
		SS Sturmbannfuehrer Sepp Syr commanded the Waffen-Gebirgsjaeger Regiment der SS 56 of the Kama Division.
		Later, the division was transferred to the Bachka region of the Vojvodina region of Serbia to avoid attacks by guerrillas.
	www.serbianna.com /columns/savich/066.shtml (2208 words)

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		I presume that this is a typo for the PzB 39 anti-tank rifle.
		Infanterie Division attacked on their northern flank and the 6th Finnish Infantry Division was to drive deep behind the Soviet 122d Rifle Division to Allakurtti from the southern flank.
		Nord was placed under command of the Finnish Group J attacking the Soviet positions near Kestenga.
	orbat.com /site/sturmvogel/nord-salla.html (1334 words)

	SS Nord history (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
		SS Gebirgs-Division "Nord" was formed as SS-Kampfgruppe "Nord" in February 1941 in Norway but it was turned into a division in September 1941.
		On April the 27 1940 it was sent to Drammen Norway and was re titled the SS-Infanterie Rgt 7 on the 27th February 1941.
		It was officially retitled the SS Gebirgsjäger RGT 11 "Reinhard Heydrich" on the 22 October1943 but the cuff title was not issued to the Rgt untill 15 February 1944.
	www.kolumbus.fi /edu.koskinen/history.htm (851 words)

	Avalanche Press
		To improve its performance, Norwegians from 5th SS Panzer Grenadier Division “Viking” were transferred into the unit, and each platoon received a number of German SS troopers as well.
		In a confusing move, the ski battalion became the 506th Ski Battalion, while the Nord Division retained the 506th Panzer Grenadier Battalion and transferred a number of Norwegians from the ski battalion to the identically-numbered panzer grenadier unit.
		While the claim has been made that the unit did not accompany Nord to Alsace because of a commitment not to deploy its men in the West, it appears that this low-quality unit simply was not worth the effort of transporting out of Norway.
	www.avalanchepress.com /NorwegianSS.php (937 words)

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		SS Brigadefuehrer and Generalmajor of the Waffen SS Karl-Gustav Sauberzweig, the commander of the Handzar Division, was shown in several photographs wearing a gray Albanian skull cap or Albanerfez.
		The core of the new division was the newly transferred I/28 Albanian Battalion from the Bosnian Muslim Handzar SS Division from Bosnia-Hercegovina.
		Prinz Eugen and Skanderbeg were part of the 5th SS Corps of 2nd Panzer Army, commanded by Lothar Rendulic, which was part of Army Group F. In an attack on the village of Velika in the Lim valley, Kosovar Albanian troops in the Skanderbeg SS Division murdered Serbian civilians, women, and children.
	www.pogledi.co.yu /english/cs1.php (11212 words)

	Bergmutze ? - Wehrmacht-Awards.com Militaria Forums
		The young Jäger is from the 6 SS Gebirgs Division 'Nord'
		Nord was at any time (first of all after '45) in the KZ Dachau.
		A member of Nord is the logical answer even though Nord as a division wasn't in the area.
	www.wehrmacht-awards.com /forums/showthread.php?t=89559 (196 words)

	Second World War Books Review
		The corps was proud to have captured Salla and inflicted such a stinging defeat upon the enemy, but von Falkenhorst commented sarcastically that the positions that SS Nord had confronted could have been taken by raw recruits (von Falkenhorst's comments were quite unfair).
		While SS Nord pursued the Soviet 122nd Division towards Fampela, the 169th Division turned east to prevent the enemy from making a stand at Apa and Lake Kuola.
		The Soviets had the 122nd Division behind the lakes, the narrows between them were held by the 104th Rifle Division while the 1st Armoured Division was positioned around Allakurtti.
	stonebooks.com /archives/021117.shtml (2427 words)

	SS dagger and bayonet - Wehrmacht-Awards.com Militaria Forums
		Hi Teka, the SS dagger is a rare Himmler dedication version.
		With regards to the "SS" bayonet, the chances of this being real are very, very slim.
		The value for a classical SS dagger in Germany is around 1400-1500 Euros.
	www.wehrmacht-awards.com /forums/showthread.php?t=29952 (631 words)

	Axis History Factbook: 6. SS-Gebirgs-Division Nord
		During the autumn 1941, the Division was handed over to the battle-hardened Finnish General Siilasvuo (this was the only time that an SS Division was commanded by a foreign Officer), and took positions at Louchi/Kiestinki.
		An Austrian SS-regiment is to be attached, and the remaining units are to be deployed from "Kampfgruppe Nord".
		In January it was converted to a "SS-Gebirgs-Division", and new units began forming in Germany for the division.
	www.axishistory.com /index.php?id=1974 (588 words)

	6.SS-Gebirgs-Division "Nord" (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
		When the division moved out, the Legion remained behind under the Higher-SS and Police Leader Norway.
		Although a cuff title "Nord" did exist, it was not authorized for this division.
		It was authorized for members of SS-Main District "Nord".
	www.ssocr.com /waffenss/wss-06.htm (52 words)

	38.SS-Grenadier-Division "Nibelungen"
		Over the next few weeks, the 38th SS Division took on many soldiers from the disbanded 30.SS Division "Weissruthenien" and thus increased its ranks a great deal.
		April 25th, 1945: The 38th entered the frontlines of the XIII SS Korps, and was given the task of holding down the right wing of the Korps along the Danube River Front.
		May 2nd, 1945: The 38th SS managed to stop the American advance in extremely fierce combat, but the small pause in the American advance was only short-lived, as the US 20th Armor Division hit the 38th in a weak link and managed to smash the entire 18km long defensive line.
	www.feldgrau.com /38ss.html (811 words)

	Listing of Waffen-SS Reenacting Units
		The SBG portrays Grenadiers of the 1.SS.Panzer Division Leibstandarte SS Adolf Hitler.
		This division was chosen because not only was it Germany's elite fighting formation but it also fought on every major front in W.W.II (excluding North Africa) making participation of this unit at any W.W. II event historically acceptable.
		Idea to form this unit came in 2002 when it was realised that with all the Waffen SS divisions that exist, no one has reenacted the Galicia division.
	www.reenactor.net /ww2/axis/waffenss_main.html (3772 words)

	Finland & the continuation war
		On the 3 July 1941 Finnish 14th Division which was operating independently in the Rukajärvi sector crossed to the Russian side and was engaged in heavy fighting.
		The 14th Division fighting alone in the wilderness took lvillage of Rukajärvi in September 1941, and stayed on same trenches until armistice of September 1944.
		This was in vain, as the Armoured Division and 3rd Division were unable to stop Soviets in battle of Kuuterselkä.
	www.wargamer.com /rtm/contwar.htm (2710 words)

	DID Figures (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
		The Division was not considered to be an elite SS Division.
		The Division itself was reformed as the 4th SS Polizei Grenadier Division, and after training and forming, was sent to the Balkans area.
		In WWII, the 29th Division was formed on 3 February 1941 and departed for the United Kingdom on 5 October 1942 where it continued training in Scotland and England from October of 1942 up to June, 1944 in preparation for the invasion of France.
	www.packrat-toyz.com /did_figures.htm (1124 words)

	Recommended Reading - 9th Reenactment Society - 9th SS Panzer Division Hohenstaufen
		This is a balanced and objective memoir by a member of the SS engaged in a vicious battle.
		It also substantiates claims by other SS veterans that they ("They" being those they knew personally) were disciplined soldiers who did their best to abide by the Geneva convention.
		Bidermann, who is an 18-year-old private in the 132d Infantry Division at the beginning of this memoir, takes us through the invasion of the Soviet Union in 1941, passage across the Dnieper and southern steppes, battles in the Crimea, engagements in northern Russia and retreat through Riga to the Baltic.
	www.9thsspanzer.com /Reading.html (1442 words)

	6th SS Mountain Division Nord
		Later upgraded to a mountain division, Nord fought 1,214 consecutive days in the sub-artic taiga against the Soviets from July 1 1941 - 1944.
		SS-Kampfgruppe Schreiber (elements of SS-Gebirgsjäger-Regiment 12) attached to 361st Volksgrenadier Division, infiltrates through US VI Corps lines and seizes Wingen-sur-Mer in anticipation of armored reinforcement from Army Group G. Due to the failure of XIII SS-Armeekorps to break through US XV Corps units, Army Group G diverts panzers elsewhere.
		· Feb 1945: Division engaged in patrolling and defensive operations in the Low Vosges mountains.
	www.jewishvirtuallibrary.org /jsource/Holocaust/6thmountainnord.html (1329 words)

	Amazon.de: Seven Days in January: With the 6th 55-Mountain Division in Operation Nordwind: English Books: Wolf T. Zoepf (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
		Wolf Zoepf has produced an extremely detailed account, part-memoir, part-combat narrative, covering the actions of 6th SS Mountain Division 'Nord' during the battles fought in Operation Nordwind, Alsace, 1945.
		Against the background of his division's three (plus) years of combat against the Soviets in northern Karelia, this book provides a detailed description of 6th SS Division's actions against elements of the US Seventh Army in the Low Vosges Mountains during the first seven days of 1945.
		The author, a former member of 6th SS Mountain Division 'Nord', performed extensive research in US, German and Czech archival sources, and has woven his compelling, true, and fully confirmed personal story into a revealing and detailed tapestry of historical description and analysis.
	www.amazon.de /exec/obidos/ASIN/0966638956 (470 words)

	Waffen SS Two
		Hasso Von Manteuffel, C,O, The 7th Panzer Division was one of the outstanding armored units of WWII, and became famous during the Battle of France in 1940.
		The author was a machine gunner in the SS Mountain Infantry Regiment 11 "Reinhard Heydrich" and fought in 18 months of combat against the Soviets and Americans, from long range patrols in the frozen taiga of northern Karelia, fierce fighting in the snow-decked Vosges Mountains, to capitulation in the mud of the war's last spring.
		This volume of the two-part history covers the formation of the division in 1939, its employment during the so-called "Phony War" prior to the campaign in France in 1940, its participation in the later stages of that campaign and, finally, its commitment in the East in the northern theater of operations.
	www.aberdeenbookstore.com /waffen_ss_two.htm (14949 words)

	Association of the United States Army: Book Reviews (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
		SS-Kampfgruppe (Combat Group) NORD was formed in February 1941 as the German army joined the Finns when they sought revenge against the Russians for the forced cession of territory along with almost a half million of their fellow citizens in March 1940.
		For three years thereafter, NORD units fought to interdict the Murmansk port and rail artery, incidentally developing into a group of highly skilled professional arctic soldiers.
		The purpose of the operation was a breakthrough that would allow two panzer divisions to drive south then east to the Rhine River to reestablish German control of northeastern France and the city of Strasbourg.
	www.ausa.org /webint/DeptArmyMagazine.nsf/byid/CCRN-6CCRY5 (5007 words)

	The SS Table of Contents
		Extract from Guidelines by Heydrich for Higher SS and Police Leaders in the Occupied Territories of the Soviet Union
		SS Statistics on the “Final Solution of the Jewish Question”
		SS Views on The Solution of The Jewish Question
	www.jewishvirtuallibrary.org /jsource/Holocaust/sstoc.html (65 words)

	71st Infantry Division Official Web Page
		Organized as a light division with 9,000 personnel and 1800 mules -- as a mountain division, transportation being the army mule with 75mm howitzers, schooled in mountain and jungle warfare.
		In June,1944, reorganized as a mechanized triangular infantry division with 15,700 personnel.
		Division and regimental insignias for sale, including the 71st red circle cloth shoulder patch.
	www.geocities.com /Heartland/Valley/4020/71st.html (670 words)

	Amazon.com: Seven Days in January: With the 6th SS-Mountain Division in Operation NORDWIND: Books: Wolf T. Zoepf (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
		Volksgrenadier divisions, for example, were organized for defense, not for the attack; they lacked enough infantry units, and their organic units were not mobile (instead relying upon foot marches or horse-drawn wagons).
		Wolf Zoepf was a veteran from the war with Soviet Union north of the Arctic cirlce and gives a clear and concise description of the development of the Sixth Waffen SS Mountain Division, of its tactics and organisation, and of its heroic part in the failed Nordwind offensive.
		As the book mostly covered the preparations and battle for Wingen-sur-Molders in January 1945, a small portion of the book is covered dealing with the evolution of the 6th SS Mountain Division "NORD" during the years of 1941-1944 where it was heavily engaged on the eastern front.
	www.amazon.com /exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/0966638956?v=glance (3192 words)

	Higher SS and Police Leaders
		It was created to unify the SS and Police commands under Himmler's direct control.
		This is a map of the SS Main Districts in Germany in 1938.
		Most Higher SS and Police Leaders held dual positions such as commander of the SS Main District in their jurisdiction.
	www.ssocr.com /generalss/hsspf.htm (699 words)

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