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22 Feb 20, 4 tweets, 2 min read
There is an interesting story how the Waffen SS got absolutely MOGGED in Lapland.
SS Kampfgruppe Nord was formed from reservists, police units and concentration camp guards. They were poorly trained and inexperienced. In 1941 they attacked Russian positions in Salla together with the Wehrmacht and Finnish troops. ImageImage
The attack of the SS failed completely and the first Russian counter-attack made them retreat in panic. They ran all the way back to the German artillery and yelled that Russian tanks are coming. Meanwhile the Finnish forces advanced as usual and prevented a disaster. ImageImage
Because of this failure, the SS-troops were put under Finnish command for the remainder of the operation.

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