Estonian Vikings: Estnisches SS-Freiwilligen Bataillon Narwa and Subsequent Units, Eastern Front, 1943-44 (Stahlhelm) Book

The SS-Panzergrenadier Battalion Narwa was the first combat ready element of the Estonian Legion of the Waffen-SS. It was sent to join the 5 SS-Panzergrenadier Division Wiking in April 1943 as a replacement for the Finnish Volunteer Battalion of the Waffen-SS, which was being withdrawn to its homeland. In the course of a little less than a year of service with the Wiking Division, the Estonian volunteers of Battalion Narwa made their mark as skilled, competent, motivated soldiers who could always be counted on to do their duty despite the odds against them. In short, they very much impressed their European comrades in Wiking with their steadfastness and courage. This book constitutes a brief tribute to the soldiers of Battalion Narwa using many hitherto unseen photographs from veterans that are now in the archives of Erik Rundkvist. They give a good impression of the calibre of soldiers that manned SS-Panzergrenadier Battalion Narwa as they fought for the freedom of their Baltic homeland and for the cause of European civilisation.Read More