SS Division "NORD". Memoirs Of A German Veteran. The Eastern Front in the Snows of Finland.
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- He served as a mountain jaeger in the Reconnaissance Battalion of the SS Division "Nord". Before the Soviet Union was invaded in June 1941, the SS Division "Nord" was sent to Finland, with the aim of invading the Soviet Union by operating in the Karelian direction, under the command of the 36th Army Corps (Wehrmacht). When Finland declared war upon the Soviet Union on June 25, 1941, that group was unable to break through the Red Army positions and was forced back. Moreover, they suffered serious losses.
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How many noticed at 16:29 that he mentioned his friend mountain climbing with Heinrich Harrer who, among other things was played by Brad Pitt in “Seven Years in Tibet” a film released in the 1990s? Harrer became the Dalai Lama's tutor in English, geography, and some science.
A very intense movie.
i remember it very well
Some British Frei Korps SS men helped soldiers from SS NORD blow up two T34 tanks on the Western Berlin ring road in April 1945.
Prior to that British SS had been fighting the Soviets at the Seelow heights.
Yes. Did you notice that he mentioned at 16:20 his friend mountain climbing with Heinrich Harrer who, among other things was played by Brad Pitt in “Seven Years in Tibet” a film released in the 1990s? Harrer became the Dalai Lama's tutor in English, geography, and some science.
Too stupid. Who cares ?!
THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME EFFORT AND RESEARCH. THE ENTIRETY OF THE WW2 CONFLICT WAS THE AXIS POWERS TO WIN OR LOSE. THEY COULD HAVE BEEN SUCCESSFUL BUT BLUNDERED THE OPPORTUNITY.
Interesting and informative. Excellent photography job making it easier for viewers to better understand what the orator was describing. Class A research project!!! Orator presented the documentary very well. Rough fierce combat operations on both sides. Special thanks to veteran Felix. Sharing personal experiences making the documentary more authentic and possible. Both sides fought/perished/survived those fierce combat missions. Knowing certain death/debilitating wounds were often possible. Yet still advanced forward. That's true grit style determination. While Stalin/Hitler comfortably sat close to the fire 🔥 place. After a hot hearty meal/being unconcerned about the predicaments of the loyal soldiers. Under nourished/lacking proper medical treatments/under supplied and so forth. Casualties of war putting it bluntly.
Excep that, unlike Stalin, Hitler took part in WWI, was under fire many times, wounded and condecorated. I don't see any problem (in this case) if he was far from the front line. He had nothing to prove.
@@PauloPereira-jj4jv Easy as the Fuhrer to get condecorated and have the story spun and revised-apparently someone had him in his sights and relented. Stalin and Hitler should have both been taken out-in the late twenties!! the devil looking after his own!!
SS Nord was the only SS-division which was submitted to German allies. Finnish III Army corps in Kiestinki
He was very lucky indeed. I'd have thought captured SS soldiers would not have survived. The pistol story was indeed fascinating. How many buried pistols are still out and about? Thx
Yes. Did you notice that he mentioned at 16:20 his friend mountain climbing with Heinrich Harrer who, among other things was played by Brad Pitt in “Seven Years in Tibet” a film released in the 1990s? Harrer became the Dalai Lama's tutor in English, geography, and some science.
And how many Men are buried "out and about?" I've read that every summer, they STILL manage to find the bones of the dead, on such famous battlefields as Leningrad (now St.Petersburg) and Stalingrad , now Volgograd.
Ive met a few Waffen SS soldiers. Some claiming to be as well but most were real. Some from the Eastern Front and some from the Western front.. I had one I was friends with send me a wedding gift with a wad of 100$ bills in it with a signed picture of him as a young man in uniform as a wedding gift. He is gone now as are most of not all of the vest of his sort.
@@frenzalrhomb6919 Ive seen a few videos from the trenches in Ukraine where they find German helmets still there from the war because most of the tactical fighting positions would still be in the same place today as back then..
this channel has the best photographs
Thanks for your work in providing us the memoirs of the soldiers from all sides of this bloody conflict. The MSM only tells one side, when you tell all sides especially from the front line soldiers point of view it explains so much more of the suffering they endured while many had lost all faith in the politicians that led them into the horror that war is.
Yes. Did you notice that he mentioned at 16:20 his friend mountain climbing with Heinrich Harrer who, among other things was played by Brad Pitt in “Seven Years in Tibet” a film released in the 1990s? Harrer became the Dalai Lama's tutor in English, geography, and some science.
Uh, dude, what in the world does the "MSM" have to do with the subject of history? What sort of cockamamie right-wing conspiracy theory are you even implying here? As far as the stories of those who served "on the other side," did you know that there are these things called "libraries," and inside them there are these "book" thingies that have detailed accounts of wars and all sorts of historical phenomena? And you can borrow these "books" for free! Of course, you'll have to find someone to teach you how to read, and since you are more than likely an American, that's gonna be a little tricky. But if you go to one of those "liberal cities," I'm sure you can find some commie inteelecktuals who can help you out with this...good luck, Buford!
Amezing story!
Wasn't this division at Foy and represented in Band of Brothers and the officer shot on horseback in the movie from this division?
Fantastic photographs and fascinating story. I have always been intrigued by the actions of this particular branch of the Waffen-SS and how they fought alongside the Finns in such a wild environment.
Thanks! Yes, this is a very interesting theater of military operations. Unfortunately, not so much is said about him.
Yes those photography personal seldom receive much if any recognition. Risking life and limb often times being wounded or killed. Engaging in their chosen profession.
If there is confusion about the last photo and the Deaths head collar tabs the original SS units that were sent to the north were Totenkopf Infantry regiments. They then became SS Mountain troops later.
Quite a tale.
42.3k views in one hour great job on this one too thanks much appreciate your hard work.
awesome story
Im sure they had bigger problems to worry about but its Strange that he didnt mention anything about mosquitos in lapland. Especially if you havent washed yourself for months they can make living very uncomfortable.
We have them just as bad here in Alaska. You can get used to them and there are things you can do to mitigate their insanity..
@@TA.Mnt.Lion.Alaska Yes i quess their choice of weapon against mosquitos was moonshine and cigarets instead of thermacells and off sprays 😆
Interesting story.
Ein anderer Veteran, der seine Memoiren jetzt gerade veröffentlicht hat, ist Herbert Bellschan von Mildenburg. Lesenswert.
Thank you, this was a fascinating story.
Yes. Did you notice that he mentioned at 16:20 his friend mountain climbing with Heinrich Harrer who, among other things was played by Brad Pitt in “Seven Years in Tibet” a film released in the 1990s? Harrer became the Dalai Lama's tutor in English, geography, and some science.
The guy was really lucky. Most had a much tougher life at the front. I have heard many stories but this one was really unusual.
Yes. Did you notice that he mentioned at 16:20 his friend mountain climbing with Heinrich Harrer who, among other things was played by Brad Pitt in “Seven Years in Tibet” a film released in the 1990s? Harrer became the Dalai Lama's tutor in English, geography, and some science.
Very-very lucky to have survived those fiercely horrifying battles. To be able to contribute his memoirs. After the war's end.
At 12:04 far left ss-man Has 🇫🇮 9mm smg + drum magazine 70 round’s
Hyvä suomi!
Huh, very, very interesting. A slightly different perspective of the war.
This German's english is better than mine and I've did some volunteer English As A Second Language teaching and some technical writing. I'm impressed 👍.
True but if you'd "Done" and not "Did"
@@AnthonyOMulligan-yv9cg NOW you know why I were a volunteer and not paid. I could and should have taught in public schools.
his family was super lucky they had nice soviets staying over
Stalin had no option but to put controls on his men. Rumors were getting around at their barbaric behavior. Later in the DDR, Russians weren't permitted to have contact with any East German civilians..
I noticed the Germans wearing Camo socks on their helmets similar to what the IDF have. Interesting.👍
RIP heiliges Deutschland ❤
One of the main reasons germans did lose the ww 2 is that this battalion could not capture the murmansk harbor and railroad deep on north
This soldier was one of the lucky ones to have an easy time.
Yes. Did you notice that he mentioned at 16:20 his friend mountain climbing with Heinrich Harrer who, among other things was played by Brad Pitt in “Seven Years in Tibet” a film released in the 1990s? Harrer became the Dalai Lama's tutor in English, geography, and some science.
I gather a lot of veterans prefer to focus on the parts of their service that they can tell more upbeat stories about. This soldier gives us a lot of entertaining tales of him and his friend going hunting in Finland, but given that he's from a battalion that was whittled down to just 60 men, I suspect there may be a lot of harsher moments that he's chosen not to dwell on.
Incredible. Just Incredible! Thank You!
DAMN
I wonder how he inherited a dagger from his son? Maybe the translation was wrong and he meant his father?
Typo error/ glad you caught that. Too bad no 📷 of the dagger.😭
That was cool!
Great story. And amazing photos.
You are doing gods work
Does he mean Nordland?
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"... we have not washed since July, and have never had our underwear changed.... " < true details of war.
i was like this during my worst. i remember wearing the same sweater for the entire winter. of course i was not participating in a war so the conditions were different
These are quickly replacing podcasts as my walking the dog entertainment
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Finnish general mannerheim did not think much of German soldiers. They could not read maps for a start. But than, neither could Hitler and his top generals🤣
Transference, much?
Never volunteer for anything
They were proud of their outfit, despite all. I’ve read some of their memoirs.
Aye to that.
Infantry? 😂
End of the movie dumb and dumber...
Never accomplish anything because of being too scared or too lazy.
Thanks; great history story
Yes. Did you notice that he mentioned at 16:20 his friend mountain climbing with Heinrich Harrer who, among other things was played by Brad Pitt in “Seven Years in Tibet” a film released in the 1990s? Harrer became the Dalai Lama's tutor in English, geography, and some science.
Russians-tough
Fins-brutal
Lice-impossible
I love these but Heer say Heer. While that’s not even what he was in he was attached to the Heer(Army/ground forces)
Having proper German Brats tonight. Thank you.
Thank you for that.
Only two comments:
1. A Hungarian, in a Scandinavian SS unit?
2. 03.95, Did he really cross neutral sweden, in a troop train? If so I think there are some important questions to be answered here.
Not just important questions,awkward questions. The role of Holland during WWI had some similar very awkward circumstances. With Germany next door,what was the choice ?
So too,Sweden,Germany,USSR during WWII. Swedish iron ore was central to German plans. The behaviour of Stalin and friends left any sane Swede or Finn deeply worried. Survival means bending ethics and morals and treaties.
There was no complete scandinavian division
One of the few ss individuals to still be alive after the war then years later go on vacation and find the gun that he hid years before.
Yes. Did you notice that he mentioned at 16:20 his friend mountain climbing with Heinrich Harrer who, among other things was played by Brad Pitt in “Seven Years in Tibet” a film released in the 1990s? Harrer became the Dalai Lama's tutor in English, geography, and some science.
The division was the only Waffen-SS unit to fight in the Arctic Circle when it was stationed in Finland and northern Russia between June and November 1941. Heroes RIP
In the last photo you see the SS Totenkoff insignia on his 20:02
Great Ai
Eh, I guess pronouncing anything correctly isn't a big deal. Idk how you can get something like these people's names correctly but not something like Alsace-Lorraine
Get your facts right,many things wrong😮finish soldiers didnt torture pows,yes they causaly drink,but not alcohol problems.😮
Relax, he is just reading a guy's diary as its written. And that's just an opinion of a single soldier. This isn't a history lesson. :D
Alsa-che?????
I miss the old AI voice
😂Please pronounce 'alsace' like you would do it with "El Suss"
Where's some Krieg,1st Marine memwars?
Typical eastern front. HORRIFYING
Ruined by AI
I usually turn a channel the minute I hear the fake voice. I’ve heard way worse AI. Honestly this is the only AI voice I can stand. I like the stories too much to stop listening
"Al-sahche Lah-rain"
Seriously, dude? This is an extremely well-known place name. I mean, I get that you're an American, and we all know what that means, but still...
It's a computer. The American accent is stupid though.
M.E.H.T.!! ⚔️