Skolman Posted November 17, 2013 Share Posted November 17, 2013 Hi ther! Are there still any experts on finnland? I just discovered an old photograph of my grandfather wearing a uniform of the finnish volunteer battalion of the armed ss. But as far as i know he was german and i thought there were only finns in this unit. Has anyone got a clue how this can be? Any way is there good literature on this unique formation? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Erwin Posted November 17, 2013 Share Posted November 17, 2013 I have family in Finland but am certainly no expert. However, I would think that, just as in modern times, the Finns probably had trainers/observers from Germany who wanted to blend in. So, that could easily explain the uniform. But, I hope some historian more knowledgeable that I am can help you. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Skolman Posted November 27, 2013 Author Share Posted November 27, 2013 thank you for your reply! and guess what?! His name was Erwin too !!!! 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nonex Posted December 14, 2013 Share Posted December 14, 2013 Any way is there good literature on this unique formation? Plenty has been written in Finnish, so if you can read the language... Mauno Jokipii was one of the foremost experts on the subject so anything by him should be good. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sardaukar Posted December 17, 2013 Share Posted December 17, 2013 Hi ther! Are there still any experts on finnland? I just discovered an old photograph of my grandfather wearing a uniform of the finnish volunteer battalion of the armed ss. But as far as i know he was german and i thought there were only finns in this unit. Has anyone got a clue how this can be? Any way is there good literature on this unique formation? Most of the literature is in Finnish and mentioned in Wiki article. In English, this gives decent overview: http://www.feldgrau.com/finland.html As you can see from article, battalion was never 100% Finns, meaning that lot of officers and HQ people were Germans. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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