Finnish Waffen SS Volunteers

Posted on April 11th, 2010 by admin in volunteers | 25 Comments »

* SS-Freiwilligen-Bataillon Nordost
* Finnisches Freiwilligen-Bataillon der Waffen-SS
Formed in 1941 made up of 1200 Finnish volunteers. In May 1943 the battalion was transferred away from the front.
The unit lost 255 men killed in action, 686 wounded and 14 missing during its service.

Showing also some equipment and so on.

“Where a Finnish SS-man stood, enemy was always defeated.” -Heinrich Himmler

Duration : 0:2:24


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25 Responses

  1. glork2007 Says:

    Yeah and Sieg Heil …
    Yeah and Sieg Heil Linus Torvalds

  2. GBOY69GAY Says:

    Zlatan
    I think …

    Zlatan
    I think that Sweden was essential part of Germany´s war policy. The source of iron and steel for Germany´s war industry. Besides before and during WWII Germany and Sweden had very friendly and close relationship, culturally and politically. Study your motherland´s history first, or is that thing still historial tabu in Sweden? Well, I do not wonder it all. Sweden is only so hypocratic coutry.

  3. raippaluoto Says:

    RUSSIAN OFFICER ” …
    RUSSIAN OFFICER “Well, we’ve won just enough land to bury our dead.” (1939 FINLAND WINTER WAR)

  4. Leopardipzg Says:

    Hundreds of …
    Hundreds of thousands*

  5. HeilJohanson88 Says:

    Only one thing to …
    Only one thing to say about the Finns, There stand against Communism in the Winter war was breath taking. They fought very bravely despite the fact they were out numbered by thousands of commie bastards.

  6. PzGrenadiere Says:

    I always found that …
    I always found that ironically strange that every country could make peace with the allies but Hitler lol, that part gets me every time. Stalin did it after Fall Weiss, the Finns did it by declaring their one-sided war, the Italians did it, almost feel sorry for German diplomatic skills lol.

  7. tupakki Says:

    Heh, hello Timonen. …
    Heh, hello Timonen. Those soldiers around that “yanks” are not finnish. We made an agreement that we wont fight against any western countries or not even USA, just against Soviet Union. That was one term of that agreement between Finland and Germany.

  8. codytee Says:

    Gotta love the …
    Gotta love the captured “yanks” at the end. 2.11 I’m a U.S. Army Veteran of finnish descent. my last name is Timonen, and I sometimes wonder how the world would be had the Fuhrer accomplished his goals.

  9. PzGrenadiere Says:

    And don’t worry …
    And don’t worry about disturbing me, I’m in speech and debate class, I eat up all criticism as long as no one throws insults like “You’re a Nazi prick,” around. Useful conversations are needed to understand certain things. I am a regular on the Axis History Forums so I am at least semi-educated on the matter so I throw my 2 cents in, then you do, then eventually we get a dollar or a Euro or something lol. Overall, I accept every counter-arguement, so have at it!

  10. PzGrenadiere Says:

    I’m just glad that …
    I’m just glad that Hitler didn’t realize that in order to win a war that he was planning for, he would have to exterminate entire countries instead of certain races. There is no excuse for either side, but the Finns shouldn’t have had to resort to siding with the Germans to get their rightful land back, then fight the same people in the end when forced to switch sides. But then again, we weren’t there, so what right do most of us have talking about their moral beliefs?

  11. Musicman543210 Says:

    nazi swinia
    nazi swinia

  12. profeale1 Says:

    history-hystery of …
    history-hystery of the human being.
    Moreover, sorry to say but every german person knew about what happened in the concentration camps…and most of them were silenced because of the terror. Nobody dared to speak against the Holocaust of million of people: old women, children babies…families separated and cruel murdered. My G-d !!!how could that happen !! My G-d help me to understand !! where were You Adonai while your children cried and weeped desesperatly shouting : “Baruj Atha Elohenu…

  13. profeale1 Says:

    a good example that …
    a good example that illustrates what I say are the sentences in Nürenberg 1945: Keitel among others, being one of the “top people” in the OKW, being a real soldier…nevertheless he sold his soul to the devil and instead of protecting the Nation fighting against the nazis, enemies of the german Naion, he was a coward soldier and colaborated directly in the crimes.
    The same could you say about , Von Manstein, Guderian or Von Runstedt, or von Jodl.
    All of them are to blame for the worst crime in

  14. profeale1 Says:

    Pz Grenadiere,Sorry …
    Pz Grenadiere,Sorry, I don´t want to disturb your conversation but I´d like to say something: You say that the russians raped women and did this and that and I agree with you.But you must take into account that the russians did that because of the crimes the SS inn Russia. I mean, there isno excuse for rapes or crimes but don´t forget what the russians had to suffer under the nazi occupation. If it was a task of Waffen SS, or Wehrmacht, or Gestapo..has no relevance as they worked together

  15. PzGrenadiere Says:

    The Finns were by …
    The Finns were by far the best soldiers in WWII, they had the best sniper of the war, the most kills in air-to-air combat with an outdated fighter, and they crippled the Red Army so profusely that Stalin had to reorganize the entire military and send all of his officers back to basic training(if they were there in the first place), and another reason for SS brutality is that they were not given the option to surrender, even if the war was lost. German soldiers were used to force SS Surrenders.

  16. PzGrenadiere Says:

    Not all SS did that …
    Not all SS did that, there were specialist units in the SS that did that, next time you say something, you’d better have the education to back it up. The SS Totenkopf division and the SS Das Reich were the only one’s given orders from Hitler to purposely commit warcrimes, and carried them out, some outright refused him. The Russians raped German citizens from ages of 5 to 80, and raped them with over 15 soldiers at a time and a lot of people actually dies during the sexual assault by suffocation

  17. m16a1rifle Says:

    Got that right. …
    Got that right. with a great bunch of heroes to go with it!!. Men such as Col. Alpo Marttinnen, Aito Keravouri, Kalle Keranen, and Lauri Torni/Larry Thorne, some of the finest men in the Finnish Army and the US Army!!!

  18. profeale1 Says:

    fascists !! nazis ! …
    fascists !! nazis !! you should ashame of yourself !! how can you nowadays speak about the Waffen SS as if they had been soldiers ??!! They murdered millions and millions of people innocent women and children, babies….shame on you !!

  19. Pahkasika0 Says:

    I couldn’t say it …
    I couldn’t say it any better.

  20. hazzlehoff Says:

    Wait a sec… …
    Wait a sec… You’re watching a video about the SS and complaining about American hypocricy and war crimes…
    Oh my god, talk about hypocricy times a milion. I mean I admire the SS for their fighting spirit but the ethnic stuff was bullshit. I especially admire the Finnish troops of ww2 for holding against the red terror! Respect!

  21. edivadg Says:

    beautiful music…. …
    beautiful music….what’s the title??

  22. paskaaivoapina Says:

    Everybody check out …
    Everybody check out a video of:Disturbing video US troops insane: American Hypocrisy.
    That tells us all how the US troops behave, now and then…

  23. hazzlehoff Says:

    Most of the Finnish …
    Most of the Finnish SS men were Winter War veterans, hence they SHOULD shoot better :) .

  24. Mokke84 Says:

    Their commander was …
    Their commander was Oberstrumbanfuher Collani and few more German officers. They was better shootters then SS soldiers German SS soldiers normal shooting points was 21.5 but Finlands SS mens was 28.8

  25. TimboobmiT Says:

    Finland Erwache! …
    Finland Erwache! Heil from Germany!

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