Thursday, December 22, 2016

Hitler's Swedes, A History of the Swedish Volunteers in the Waffen-SS, Lars T. Larsson.

Hitler's Swedes, A History of the Swedish Volunteers in the Waffen-SS, Lars T. Larsson
A detailed study of the motives and experiences of the comparatively small number of Swedes who volunteered for service with the Waffen SS during the Second World War, a group of just under 200 men, most of whom ended up fighting on the Eastern Front. Covers the stories of 144 of them in some detail, providing both a snapshot of the experiences of the SS on the Eastern Front, and an insight into why anyone from a safely neutral country would volunteer for the SS
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