SS-Panzer-Aufklarungs-Abteilung 11 "Nordland"

The Swedish SS Reconnaissance Platoon in the armour reconnaissance battalion in the SS PanzerGrenadier Division Nordland fought in varied battlefields; from Ingermanlands snow-clad hills, to the defence of the historic town of Narva. Then further over Latvias billowing landscape against the Soviet a [...]
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The Swedish SS Reconnaissance Platoon in the armour reconnaissance battalion in the SS PanzerGrenadier Division Nordland fought in varied battlefields; from Ingermanlands snow-clad hills, to the defence of the historic town of Narva. Then further over Latvias billowing landscape against the Soviet armoured thrusts that were threatening Riga. Later on, the battalion fought in the muddy trenches in Kurland and on the plains of Pomerania. Finally, in the year of 1945, it was to be pulled in and exterminated in the final battle of Brandenburg, in the last desperate defence of the Chancellors office in Berlin. This unit was unique as it contained the highest number of volunteering Swedes in the German armed forces, in this case the Waffen SS.