6th SS Mountain Division Nord

6th SS Mountain Division Nord

The 6th SS Mountain Division "Nord" was a German unit of the Waffen SS during World War II, formed in February 1941 as SS Kampfgruppe Nord (SS Battle Group North).

The Division was the only Waffen SS unit to fight in the Arctic Circle when it was stationed in Finland and northern Russia between June and November 1941. It fought in Karelia until the Finnish armistice in September 1944 when it marched on foot 1,600 km through Finland and Norway. It arrived in Denmark in December and then transferred to western Germany. It fought in the Nordwind offensive in January 1945, where it suffered heavy losses and surrendered to the American forces in Austria at the end of the war.

Their logo features the Hagal (Armanen rune).

Read more about 6th SS Mountain Division Nord:  Formation, Operation Barbarossa, 1942/1943, 1944/1945, Names Used, Commanders, Area of Operations, Manpower Strength, Order of Battle

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