During the Second World War, many ace troops were born in all countries participating in the war, especially Nazi Germany, although it was a real villain, but its ace troops were highly sought after by military fans, especially the SS of Nazi Germany, which was several levels higher than the Wehrmacht in terms of will to fight and combat skills. In the last years of World War II, Nazi Germany was really fighting only the SS, and the huge number of Wehrmacht chose to surrender to the Allies, although the SS was the evil side, but it was remembered for its will to fight, especially the SS Viking Division, which was the trump card in Hitler's hands and the most frightening existence of the Soviet Army.
Unlike other Nazi armies, the SS Viking Division was not strictly German, and in fact the soldiers who made up the unit were mostly foreigners, with a large proportion of Finnish, Danish and Norwegians.
It turned out that the SS was not part of the wehrmacht's combat sequence when it was formed, so the Wehrmacht would not help the SS from personnel to equipment. For the SS leader Himmler, the equipment could be approved by Hitler, but Hitler could not solve it, and at that time, the Wehrmacht was the root of the red seedlings, and the SS was more like a grass bench team, so most of the aspiring young people in Germany would join the Wehrmacht. So at the beginning of the formation of the SS, it was very difficult to recruit.
With the outbreak of war, Nazi Germany occupied more and more places, especially some nordic countries mostly surrendered voluntarily, which gave Himmler the soil to propagate Nazi ideas in the local area. As Nazi ideas spread among young people in Northern Europe, more and more young people began to choose to join the army of Nazi Germany, and for these young people of Nazi ideas, Himmler immediately incorporated them into the SS, and the SS Viking Division was also composed of young people from Northern Europe.
Because of their strong faith, strong physique and martial spirit, the SS Viking Division was very strong in combat, and throughout World War II, the Viking Division basically fought on the Eastern Front, and their opponents were also the Equally Strong Soviet Red Army.
But on the Eastern Front, Nazi Germany did not have as many troops as the Red Army, so the Viking Division more often fought against the Soviet army several times its own, and even so, the Viking Division never retreated, and even repelled the Soviet troops besieging itself.
For example, the Kharkov counterattack in 1943, which occurred before the Battle of Kursk, although the scale of this counterattack was not large, but the results were amazing, under the command of Manstein, the German army not only conquered Kharkov, but also annihilated 52 divisions of Soviet troops, that is, nearly 500,000 Soviet troops! In this battle, Manstein's trump card was the SS Viking Division.
In the campaign, the SS Viking Division initially served as a cover unit, and as the battle progressed, the SS Viking Division penetrated hundreds of kilometers deep into the enemy territory and established a position in Kamenkov, and only one day later, the 8 infantry divisions of the Soviet Army began to attack Kamenkov, where the SS Viking Division fought fiercely with 8 Soviet divisions for three days, and finally repelled the enemy, and it was these three days that bought time for Manstein to encircle and eat the Soviet army.
This is the story of the SS Viking Division, who, although aiding and abetting abuse, were a rare elite unit during world war II and deserved respect.