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The twilight of the gods: Surviving the Altdamm grinder and the retreat to burned-out Stettin

Having escaped across the blown Oder bridge, the shattered survivors of the Nordland Division witness the apocalyptic ...
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The final retreat: Waffen SS witness the collapse of Germany amidst a river of refugees

In the early spring of 1945, a brief respite for the battered Nordland Division is shattered as the Soviet onslaught reaches Pomerania. Wallin describes the cruel beauty of the season contrasting with ...