SS Division Nord

The SS Division "Nord" was a German army unit of the Waffen-SS.

The division was composed of SS men used for garrison duties in Norway. It was transferred to Finnish Lapland prior to Operation Barbarossa as part of the German XXXVI Corps under AOK Norwegen. In July 1941 the division took part in Operation Silberfuchs with the German 169th Division and the Finnish 6th Division. Due to lack of training the soldiers were routed in the first attack against the Soviet forces at Salla.

The division was later attached to the Finnish III Corps operating in the Kiestinki area.

In September 1942 the division was renamed as the SS Gebirgs Division "Nord" and in October 1943 finally as the 6th SS Gebirgs Division "Nord".

In 1944 the division took part in the Lapland War against Finland. After pulling out of Finland the division was transferred to Denmark and later to Germany. in 1945 the division took part in Operation Nordwind in Alsace.

Organisation

• SS Infantry Regiment 6 (later renamed SS-Gebirgs-Jäger-Regiment 11)
• SS Infantry Regiment 7 (later renamed SS-Gebirgs-Jäger-Regiment 12)