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The 15th Waffen SS, together with the 19th Waffen Grenadier Division of the SS (2nd Latvian) formed the Latvian Legion. The 15th Waffen SS was swept up in the chaos of the collapse of the Eastern Front and lost much of its manpower fighting in districts surrounding Leningrad (Ostrov, Novosokolniki and Novgorod Oblast). In September 1944 the ...
All Waffen-SS divisions were ordered in a single series of numbers as formed, regardless of type. [1] Those with ethnic groups listed were at least nominally recruited from those groups. Many of the higher-numbered units were divisions in name only, being in reality only small battlegroups (Kampfgruppen).
The 15th Waffen-SS Division was formed and sent to the front in November 1943. Originally, it was sent to the Ostrov and Novosokolniki districts of Pskov Oblast , but after the German Army suffered setbacks there, was moved to positions in the Belebelka district of Novgorod Oblast in January 1944.
15 15th Waffen Grenadier Division of the SS (1st Latvian) 16 16th SS Panzergrenadier Division "Reichsführer-SS" 17 17th SS Panzergrenadier Division "Götz von Berlichingen"
The 15th Waffen Grenadier Division of the SS (1st Latvian) was created in 1943, using compulsory military service in the Ostland. The final new division of 1943 was the 16th SS Panzergrenadier Division Reichsführer-SS , which was created using the Sturmbrigade Reichsführer SS as a cadre.
14th Waffen Grenadier Division of the SS (1st Ukrainian) (unofficially known as "Galizien") 15th Waffen Grenadier Division of the SS (1st Latvian) 16th SS Panzergrenadier Division "Reichsführer-SS"
[1]: 144 So was born the 15th Waffen Grenadier Division of the SS (1st Latvian). Destroyed St. Peter's church in Riga Two police battalions fighting near Leningrad with Dutch and Flemish soldiers were pulled back in May 1943 and with reinforcements from Latvia and a change of uniform, transformed into the 2nd Latvian SS Volunteer Brigade and ...
On 22 January 1945, soldiers of the 5th Battalion of the 1st Construction Regiment of the 15th Waffen Grenadier Division of the SS (1st Latvian) were marching in the direction of Sępólno Krajeńskie after a rest in Dąbrówka Nowa. Along the way, they encountered a column of Soviet troops who mistook the Latvians for a unit holding combatant ...