In early 1945, as the Third Reich crumbled and Soviet forces pushed relentlessly westward, Germany launched one of its last ...

Perfect for those interested in World War II, German armored divisions, and the role of Waffen SS in Normandy 1944.

RIGA, Latvia – Hundreds of Latvians are commemorating World War II veterans who fought in Waffen SS divisions in an annual event that stokes ethnic animosity between Latvians and minority ...

The annual Remembrance Day of the Latvian Legionnaires brings together veterans of two divisions of the World War II-era German Waffen-SS, which was the armed wing of the Nazi Party's SS, or ...

Finnish volunteer soldiers serving in the Nazi Waffen-SS units on the eastern front in World War II took part in the massacres of Jews, Russian prisoners of war, and civilians generally during the ...

RIGA, Latvia—Some 1,500 people marched in Riga Monday to commemorate Latvians who fought in Germany’s Waffen-SS divisions against the Soviet Union during World War II. The annual march, held ...

RIGA, Latvia (AP) — Over a thousand Latvians on Saturday commemorated Nazi-allied World War II soldiers while police used force to prevent violence from erupting between participants and ethnic ...

Several hundred veterans, relatives and supporters of a Nazi SS division formed from Latvians during World War Two held their controversial annual commemoration on Monday in defiance of a ban ...

Posted on: 06 October 2004 by Peter - WW2 Site Helper. I read this story with interest. But, ... Of the thirty-eight SS Divisions in 1944, there were only four in existence in 1940.