Danish Volunteers of the Waffen-SS: Freikorps Danmark 1941-43 - (9781804518434)
Features
- 318 pages
- Over 580 photos and illustrations
- Softcover
- Dimensions are 11.5 x 8.25
Danish Volunteers of the Waffen-SS tells the story of Freikorps Danmark in pictures from 1941-1943. Freikorps Danmark was established as a Danish corps to fight communism and from its beginning was controlled from Denmark being placed under the control of the SS-Division Totenkopf and 1. SS-Brigade during its service on the Eastern Front. It was a relatively small formation which almost entirely consisted of Danish volunteers; during their time on the Eastern Front they suffered heavy casualties. In 1943 the High Command of the Waffen-SS decided to disband Freikorps Danmark and the personnel had to transfer to a new German division which was directly controlled by the Waffen-SS. The source material for this book has been gathered from the photo collections of former members of the unit and includes a large number of previously unpublished images.
