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Spring at Narva 1944: Mud, exhaustion, and the collapse of the SS line

When winter finally loosened its grip in early 1944, the Narva front entered a new phase of misery. Flooded trenches, knee deep mud, and shattered supply routes crippled what remained of the Waffen-SS ...
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Cherkassy 1944: Inside the encirclement of the Waffen-SS Wiking Division

By the winter of 1943 and 1944, the Waffen-SS Wiking Division was no longer the elite formation it once had been. Near ...
Washington Examiner

Latvians commemorate Waffen SS divisions

RIGA, Latvia (AP) — Over a thousand Latvians on Saturday commemorated Nazi-allied World War II soldiers while police used force to prevent violence from erupting between participants and ethnic ...
Proto Thema

“Handschar” division: Who were the Bosnian muslims who sided with the Nazis

The actions of “Handschar” and its victims – The dissolution of the Division and its… inactive successor “Kama” – How many ...
Reuters

Waffen SS veterans commemorate Latvia's checkered past

RIGA (Reuters) - Veterans of Latvia's World War Two Waffen SS divisions and their supporters marched through the capital Riga on Saturday in a commemoration that passed off peacefully but drew ...