Norwegian Volunteers of the Waffen Ss

Geir Brenden, Tommy Natedal (Autoren)

Buch | Hardcover

528 Seiten

2016
Helion & Company (Verlag)
978-1-910777-87-9 (ISBN)

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Featuring 1,000 unpublished photographs, this is the first book about the 4,500 Norwegian volunteers in the Waffen SS. Written by Geir Brenden and Tommy Natedal - who has researched the Norwegian volunteers since the 1980s - the book is based on Geir and Tommy's large photo archive and covers the various fronts where most Norwegian volunteers fought: the Caucasus, Leningrad and Karelia. Also covered in detail are the formations in which the Norwegian volunteers fought: Division Wiking, Freiw. Legion Norwegen, 1, 2 and 3 Police Company, The Norwegian Ski Company, Skijegerbataljonen and Regiment Norge.

Geir Brenden is one of the authors of the bestselling "De som falt" (which covers all Norwegian volunteers on the German side that were killed in action). He also authored "Norwegian officers in the Waffen-SS", "Hitler's Norwegian Ski Jager", and "Norwegian volunteers on the German side" 1, 2 and 3. In addition, he has helped with information and photos for over forty books and has written several articles for newspapers and magazines. Geir began to gather information and images from the Norwegian volunteers on the German side in the 80s. He has interviewed many volunteers and has one of the largest collections of photographs and documents about the Norwegian volunteers, his collection contains about 30,000 images. He is now working on and collecting data for 6 new books. Geir is a security guard and has worked in the industry for over 17 years. In his free time he organizes trips to the Eastern Front where Norwegians fought. He has been on multiple trips to Karelia, Narva, Courland, the Ukraine, Hungary, Germany and Poland with his wife. Tommy Natedal was born in 1966. He is an employee of Correctional Services with an educational background in defence. He has assisted a number of writers and historians with information and documentation about former veterans. He has also released the book Norske offiserer iWaffen SS.

Erscheinungsdatum	01.07.2016
Zusatzinfo	c 1100 photos incl 8pp colour
Verlagsort	Solihull
Sprache	englisch
Maße	222 x 305 mm
Themenwelt	Geschichte ► Allgemeine Geschichte ► Neuzeit (bis 1918)
	Geschichte ► Allgemeine Geschichte ► 1918 bis 1945
	Geisteswissenschaften ► Geschichte ► Regional- / Ländergeschichte
	Geschichte ► Teilgebiete der Geschichte ► Militärgeschichte
ISBN-10	1-910777-87-0 / 1910777870
ISBN-13	978-1-910777-87-9 / 9781910777879
Zustand	Neuware