Hitler's Vikings

The History of the Scandinavian Waffen-SS: The Legions, the SS Wiking and the SS Nordland

By: JONATHAN TRIGG

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Paperback | 31 December 2023

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The Nazisâ dream of a world dominated by legions of Aryan âsupermenâ, forged in battle and absolutely loyal to Hitler, was epitomised by the Waffen-SS. Created as a supreme military ©lite, it grew to become Nazi Germanyâs âsecond armyâ, 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 â" for many, sometimes complex reasons â" that included hatred of Bolshevism and nationalist sentiment or even straightforward anti-Semitism. Foremost amongst them were Scandinavians from Denmark, Norway, Sweden and 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 Wiking Panzer Division and the Nordland Panzer-grenadier Division. In Hitlerâs Vikings, Jonathan Trigg details the battles these men fought and what inspired them to join the Waffen-SS, based wherever possible on interviews with surviving veterans. Many of the photographs reproduced here have never before been published. Hitlerâs âVikingsâ were amongst the last men still fighting in the ruins of Berlin in 1945 â" their story is truly remarkable.

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Acknowledgements	p. 6
Notes on the Text	p. 9
Preface	p. 11
Introduction	p. 13
1940 - Occupation, the SS-Wiking and the beginning of the Scandinavian Waffen-SS	p. 25
1941: First Blood - the Den Norske Legion, the Frikorps Danmark and the Wiking in Barbarossa	p. 59
1942: Nazi Germany's High Water Mark - Leningrad, Demyansk and the Caucasus	p. 88
1943: The End of the Legions, the SS-Nordland is Born	p. 143
1944: Bled White in the East -the Wiking at Cherkassy and the Nordland at Narva	p. 174
1945: The End of the Scandinavian Waffen-SS - the Wiking in Hungary and the Nordland in Berlin	p. 225
Homecoming - Retribution and Legacy	p. 259
Wehrmacht Bravery Awards	p. 270
Waffen-SS Formation Organisation	p. 273
Waffen-SS Ranks	p. 278
Bibliography	p. 280
Index	p. 283
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