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by Björn
Sun Dec 03, 2006 12:18 pm
Forum: Foreign Volunteers, Collaboration and Axis Allies
Topic: SS-Pz.Gren.Rgt 23 "NORGE"
Replies: 35
Views: 38695

Thanx a lot, Paddy!

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by Björn
Tue Oct 31, 2006 7:12 am
Forum: The Allies in WWII
Topic: British feelers to Germany
Replies: 128
Views: 46030

Hello! I am impressed how much you really know about Norway! The truth is that the votation showed that the majority of Stortinget (Stortingets presidentskap) had voted for King Haakon to resign. There was an "opening" for either Olav, or Harald to become King later. The Norwegian constitu...
by Björn
Wed Aug 09, 2006 3:42 am
Forum: SS/Waffen-SS
Topic: Zeal of Foreign Volunteers?
Replies: 46
Views: 13496

Hello! "There as a pretty active domestic Nazi Party in Norway under Quisling of course, - not active enough to run the country when civil disobedience set in, but still large in numbers." There was a nazi party, yes. The NNSAP. Ns, however, did not regard themselves as "nazi", b...
by Björn
Tue Jul 25, 2006 10:34 am
Forum: Uniforms and Awards
Topic: Uniform - 79th Jaeger Regiment?
Replies: 4
Views: 3332

Hello!
"J" was commonly used for "I", so it is Infanterie Regiment 79. Which again was a part of 16. Panzer Division.

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by Björn
Thu May 04, 2006 4:35 am
Forum: SS/Waffen-SS
Topic: Waffen-SS foreign troops
Replies: 41
Views: 13712

"Wiking is quite clean, though it has some blood on its hands. Especially the Westland regiment, which participated in executions of jews and communists in Lviv/Zhitomir in the summer of 1941"

Hello, what are your sources?

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by Björn
Fri Mar 31, 2006 8:34 am
Forum: SS/Waffen-SS
Topic: SS-SKijeger-Bataljan "Norge" (white ski uniform ar
Replies: 13
Views: 4806

Hello! "It seems that you're correct..I have wrongly identified the unit that wore the double tabs of norwegian lion." It does not ony seem like I am right; I am right. "It was some norwegian police companies attached to the SS-Skijaegerbatalion that wore the double tabs Norwegian lio...
by Björn
Fri Mar 31, 2006 5:02 am
Forum: SS/Waffen-SS
Topic: SS-SKijeger-Bataljan "Norge" (white ski uniform ar
Replies: 13
Views: 4806

Hello!
Yes indeed, my email address is still [email protected]

Best wishes,
Bjørn
by Björn
Sun Mar 26, 2006 6:55 am
Forum: SS/Waffen-SS
Topic: SS-SKijeger-Bataljan "Norge" (white ski uniform ar
Replies: 13
Views: 4806

"Members of the SS-Skijaegerbataillon wore the Norwegian lion kragenspiegeln on both left and right collartabs "

No, that is absolutely not correct at all. Noone in the Skijägerbatallion did ever wear anything else than ordinary SS collartabs.

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by Björn
Tue Mar 21, 2006 6:28 am
Forum: SS/Waffen-SS
Topic: SS-SKijeger-Bataljan "Norge" (white ski uniform ar
Replies: 13
Views: 4806

Hello!
What armshield are we talking about?? A national flag? Cufftitle? These items were never used by the ski batallion.

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by Björn
Mon Mar 06, 2006 7:24 am
Forum: Kriegsmarine
Topic: Minensuchgruppe - Bergen, Norway
Replies: 18
Views: 13390

Hello! "Hubertus, I cannot give this permission because I got this information on a Norwegian WW Two site from a poster named Bjorn. He was mentioning a member named Olve Dybvig who had similar links at his website: http://www.luftwaffe.no/kriegsmarine/Org45. I am Bjorn, Moderator of http://www...
by Björn
Tue Jan 03, 2006 6:15 am
Forum: Unit Histories, Feldpost Numbers & Orders of Battle
Topic: sven hassel`s unit.it really existed?
Replies: 11
Views: 7795

This should also be known (Wikipedia): Erik Haaest, a self-styled Danish journalist, has spent many years trying to debunk Hassel's claims. Haaest's father was an active member of the Danish resistance. After the war, his father refused to accept any awards from Denmark's post-war government, becaus...
by Björn
Wed Nov 23, 2005 11:05 am
Forum: Commanders, Personalities & Award Holders
Topic: Norwegian ss officers
Replies: 1
Views: 1735

Hello!
These are all well known names. What would you like to know? Please reply on my emailaddress: [email protected]

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by Björn
Fri Sep 09, 2005 3:13 pm
Forum: Commanders, Personalities & Award Holders
Topic: Hstuf van der Kuyl?
Replies: 8
Views: 6337

Hello!
I did not catch that one??

Best wishes,
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by Björn
Fri Sep 09, 2005 11:46 am
Forum: Commanders, Personalities & Award Holders
Topic: Hstuf van der Kuyl?
Replies: 8
Views: 6337

Thank you very much!
Good that I am able to read Dutch!!


Bjørn
by Björn
Fri Sep 09, 2005 10:58 am
Forum: Commanders, Personalities & Award Holders
Topic: Hstuf van der Kuyl?
Replies: 8
Views: 6337

Hstuf van der Kuyl?

Hello!
Who has some information on the late Hauptsturmführer Henry Jakobus van der Kuyl (6.9.1914 - 19.9.1998) who served in 5.SS PzDiv "Wiking"?
Was he South-African??

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