HITLER'S SWEDES: A History of the Swedish Volunteers in the Waffen SS

Sweden was neutral during WWII, but thousands of Swedes wanted to participate in the war -- the largest group was in Finland, where over 10,000 Swedes applied to fight against the Red Army. Details how they saw action on both the Eastern Front and NW Europe, and participated in some of the bloodiest clashes: Operation Barbarossa, Kursk, Arnhem, Normandy, Narva, the Warsaw uprising, the Cherkassy and Kurland pockets, and Berlin. A history about the units, which the Swedes served in, as well as a story about the individuals themselves. It also asks, who were they? What motivated them? What did they experience and how did their service end? Includes 160 black and white photos and color maps.