23rd SS Volunteer Panzer Grenadier Division Nederland
The 23rd SS Volunteer Panzer Grenadier Division Nederland. was a Germanic Waffen SS volunteer division comprising volunteers of Dutch background. It saw action on the Eastern Front during World War II.
In February 1945, the 4th SS Volunteer Panzergrenadier Brigade Nederland was to be merged into the 11th SS Volunteer Panzergrenadier Division Nordland, but after protests from the Dutch National Socialist Movement, the Nationaal-Socialistische Beweging (NSB) it was formed into its own SS Panzer Grenadier Division, although its strength never reached more than a brigade.
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