Hitler's Vikings: The History of the Scandinavian Waffen-SS: The Legions, the SS

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The Nazis' dream of a world dominated by legions of Aryan `supermen', forged in battle and absolutely loyal to Adolf Hitler, was epitomised by the Waffen-SS. In Hitler's Vikings, Jonathan Trigg details the battles these men fought and what inspired them to join the Waffen-SS, based in part on interviews with surviving veterans.

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The Nazis' dream of a world dominated by legions of Aryan 'supermen', forged in battle and absolutely loyal to Adolf Hitler, was epitomised by the Waffen-SS. Created as a supreme military elite, it grew to become Nazi Germany's 'second army', an immense force totalling almost one million men by the end of the War. An astonishing fact about the SS is that thousands of its members were not German. Men stepped forward from almost every nation in Europe, for many sometimes complex reasons that included hatred of Bolshevism and nationalist sentiment or even straightforward anti-Semitism; foremost among them were Scandinavians from Denmark, Norway, Sweden and even Finland. Thousands were recruited from 1940 onwards and fought with distinction on the Russian Front. They served at first in national legions but were then brought together in the elite Wiking Panzer Division and the Nordland Panzer-grenadier Division. In Hitler's Vikings, Jonathan Trigg details the battles these men fought and what inspired them to join the Waffen-SS, based in part on interviews with surviving veterans.

Notes

The 4th book in the Hitler's Legions series, this looks at the many Scandinavians, from Denmark, Norway, Sweden and Finland, who joined the Waffen-SS during WWII. With previously unpublished photos and interviews with veterans.

Author Biography

Jonathan Trigg is the author of Hitler's Flemish Lions, Hitler's Gauls, and Hitler's Vikings.

Details ISBN0752467298 Author Jonathan Trigg Short Title HITLERS VIKINGS Series Hitler's Legions Language English ISBN-10 0752467298 ISBN-13 9780752467290 Media Book Format Paperback Year 2012 Imprint The History Press Ltd Place of Publication Stroud Country of Publication United Kingdom Illustrations Illustrations UK Release Date 2012-10-01 AU Release Date 2012-10-01 NZ Release Date 2012-10-01 Subtitle The History of the Scandinavian Waffen-SS: The Legions, the SS-Wiking and the SS-Nordland Pages 288 Publisher The History Press Ltd Publication Date 2012-10-01 Alternative 9780752455082 DEWEY 940.541348 Audience General We've got this

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