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Manstein's book is "a Neccessety to read" if you want to learn something about the bittter fightings in Russia.
Grab it in Your hands any means possible.
Believe me, I know!
Greets
Johnny.B.Goode

bah for what?
Returning to the Cold War?
Don't be childlish.
Juha

How about this:

http://panzer-archiv.marcof.de

Wunderbar Seite

Greets and Happy Easter!
Juha

Hi!
I think the best forum about Finns is the axisforum.com.
http://forum.axishistory.com/viewforum.php?f=59
Hope this help you out.
Greets from "Tampereen Juha"

Hello!
If I remember correctly, (I can't check it right now), Anthony Beevor claims in his book:"Berlin", that most of the SS-troops had already removed their armbands for secrecy reasons. If someone has the book at hand, please check this for us.
Greets Juha

Hi!
I have only few numbers of the 7.PzD, but I write them here anyway, if only to show the amount of its losses in 9 months.

01.07.1943:
21 PzKw II
91 PzKw III (long)
14 PzKw III (75)
18 PzKw IV (short)
37 PzKw IV (long)
7 Befehl Pz
Total 112

19.04 1944:
7x ?
Total 7

Juha

Thanks for your comments, Marko!
My source, in Finnish, use a term with different meanings. So, I've obviously translated the word "osasto" as Abtelung but it could also be translated as a detachment, or battery. Sorry for the mistake.
Let's keep on studying more, okey?
With best
Juha

M.Wittman wrote: 9.11.1942 Renamed to 5.SS-Panzer Grenadier Div. WIKING. From 1.11.1941 till 2.6.1943 a Finnish battailon of volunteers was attached to the division. It served in the WESTLAND regiment as III./NARWA. The Finnish battalion served as the III.(finn.)/SS-Nordland. NARWA was an Estonian u...

Some comments about the subject: I have read that the first StuGAbt of the Wiking had to given away almost immediately, to LSSAH, I presume. Unfortunately I don’t remember the source. StuGAbt's first encounter “The Russians started a strong counter attack in the end of January 1942 from Donets towa...

Thanks for thanks!
I must have some German blood in me, because my stories seem to prove so long.
I write more about this subjeck, at once I get time.
With best
John

Oberführer Herbert Gille was the Commander of SS-Artellerie Regiment 5 Later, as SS-Brigadeführer he commanded the whole 5. SS-PzDiv. "Wiking", and then the IV. SS-Army Corps.

Greets again
Johnny

Panzer Group Popov reaching Krasnoarmejskoje, and the 5. “Wiking” arriving http://i35.photobucket.com/albums/d195/JuhaMakinen/Krasnoarmaiskoje.jpg Panzer Group Popov has broken through the German lines from Donets and drives on an open field soutwards. SS-“Wiking”-division is thrown to cut its way....

5. SS-Panzer Grenadier Division “Wiking“and the destruction of the Panzergruppe Popov, February 1943 The perspective of this edition is that of the Finnish voluntary battalion, because the most important source, an important study by Professor Mauno Jokipii I use, is published only in Finnish but d...

Hei! I may seem unbelievable, but the Winter War was tha last "old fashion" war. The Prisoners of war were treated well by both sides. The fighting was bloody, very bloody, but as far as I know, no war crimes were conducted in the front lines or elsewhere. Anyhow, it was an useless, bloody...

Hi! If You mean The Finland-Russian Winter War 1939-1940, It was a "clean" war. Only unethical I know, was the fate of a small Finnish village of Hyrsylä, which residents were taken to a camp and were treated quite badly. All other Finnish civilians several old people and children died. Th...