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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. In early April 1945 the division was destroyed after several days of combat against the US 71st Infantry Division near Budingen, Germany. Their logo features the Hagal (Armanen rune). ==Formation== After the 1940 Norwegian Campaign and the successful conquest of mainland Norway, Adolf Hitler did not want units of the ''Wehrmacht'' (regular army) to guard the new border between occupied Norway and the Soviet Union, created when Joseph Stalin annexed northernmost Finland, so he decided to send units of the ''SS-Totenkopfverbände'' (SS-Death's Head Units) formed from concentration camp guards. The first unit to assemble in Kirkenes, was the SS Battalion Reitz, named after their commander Obersturmbannführer Wilhelm Reitz. The SS 9th "Totenkopf" Regiment, led by Obersturmbannführer Ernst Deutsch soon followed. They were joined in the Spring of 1941, by the SS 6th and 7th Regiments and moved into positions at Salla in northern Finland. The formation was well equipped but barely trained, and the commanding General Nikolaus von Falkenhorst did not trust their fighting ability. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「6th SS Mountain Division Nord」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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