From 1941 to 1943, 1,408 Finns volunteered for service on the Eastern Front of World War II in the Waffen-SS, in units of the SS Division Wiking.

Lauri Allan Törni (28 May 1919 – 18 October 1965), later known as Larry Alan Thorne, was a Finnish-born soldier who fought under three flags: as a Finnish Army officer in the Winter War and the Continuation War ultimately gaining a rank of captain; as a Waffen-SS captain (under the alias Larry Laine) of the Finnish Volunteer Battalion of the ...

Jan 21, 2017 · According to Mauno Jokipii engaged in the study of Finnish soldiers of the Waffen SS, Finland sent a battalion because he wanted to use it to provide diplomatic support to Germany, facing the threat of the Soviet Union.

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 …

Finnish volunteers served in the German Schutzstaffel (SS) organisation and its Wiking division between 1941 and 1943. The roots of the SS organisation date back to 1923 when Stabswache, Adolf Hitler’s small personal bodyguard, was established. At first, it was a separate unit within. 2019 Verlag Holler, München. the Sturmabteilung (SA).

Feb 10, 2019 · Finnish volunteer soldiers serving in the Nazi Waffen-SS units on the eastern front in World War II took part in the massacres of Jews, Russian prisoners of war, and civilians generally...

From 1941 to 1943, 1,408 Finns volunteered for service on the Eastern Front of World War II in the Waffen-SS, in units of the SS Division Wiking. Most of these volunteers served as motorized infantry in the Finnish Volunteer Battalion of the Waffen-SS (German language: Finnisches...

May 22, 2022 · Finland concluded a secret agreement with Nazi Germany before the invasion of the USSR that would allow Finland to secretly send Finnish volunteers to Heinrich Himmler’s Waffen SS forces. Himmler formed a Finnish Waffen SS Volunteer Battalion from these Finnish troops called “Nordost”.

Veljesapu-Perinneyhdistyksen tarkoituksena on olla Saksan sotavoimissa vuosina 1941-1943 palvelleiden suomalaisten Waffen-SS -vapaaehtoisten epäpoliittisena yhdyssiteenä ja avustaa mahdollisuuksien mukaan taloudellisissa vaikeuksissa olevia edellä mainittuja henkilöitä sekä heidän perheitään.

Roughly 1,400 Finnish volunteers served in the German Schutzstaffel (SS) organisation and its Wiking division between 1941 and 1943.