Twilight of the Gods A Swedish Volunteer in the 11th SS Panzergrenadier Division "Nordland" on the Eastern Front

by Hillblad, Thorolf

• ISBN13: 9780811736053
• ISBN10: 0811736059
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2009-05-28
• Publisher: Stackpole Books

Summary

This is the story of Erik Wallin, a Swede who volunteered for the Waffen-SS, serving in the panzer reconnaissance battalion of the 11th SS Panzer Grenadier Division, a unit composed mainly of volunteers from Scandinavia. The division saw combat in the Courland Pocket, along the Oder River, and in Berlin.

Author Biography

Thorolf Hillblad ran a newspaper in Sweden.

Table of Contents

Map	p. vi
Foreword	p. vii
New Year's Eve, 1944-45	p. 1
Courland Finale	p. 10
Massow	p. 15
Vossberg	p. 23
Grosswachtlin	p. 29
Bridgehead Stettin	p. 33
Kustrin	p. 46
A Gauntlet	p. 64
A Spark of Hope!	p. 68
"Berlin bleibt Deutsch!"	p. 72
From House to House	p. 82
Towards Freedom!	p. 100
Photographs	p. 115
Felix Steiner	p. 131
Waffen-SS Ranks	p. 133
Organization of SS Panzer Aufklarungs Abteilung 11	p. 134
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This is the story of Erik Wallin, a Swede who volunteered for the Waffen-SS, serving in the panzer reconnaissance battalion of the 11th SS Panzer Grenadier Division, a unit composed mainly of volunteers from Scandinavia. The division saw combat in the Courland Pocket, along the Oder River, and in Berlin.

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