primarily of ethnic Latvians. The legion consisted of two divisions of the Waffen-SS: the 15th Waffen Grenadier Division of the SS (1st Latvian), and the 19th...

Luftwaffen-Legion Lettland was a unit of the German Luftwaffe that served in the Eastern Front in 1944. It was composed almost entirely of Latvian volunteers...

chosen because in 1944 both divisions of the Latvian Legion, the 15th (1st Latvian) and the 19th (2nd Latvian) fought alongside each other, for the first...

Himmler to form a Latvian Legion. He wanted to make use of the Latvians, who were strongly opposed to Bolshevism. After the formation of Latvian Police Battalions...

Alliance (Latvian: Nacionālā apvienība, NA), officially the National Alliance "All for Latvia!" – "For Fatherland and Freedom/LNNK" (Latvian: Nacionālā...

Bruno (1991). ""Rebellen" an der Ostfront. Die flämischen Freiwilligen der Legion "Flandern" und der Waffen-SS". Vierteljahrshefte für Zeitgeschichte. 39...

division. The Corps units fought against the Latvian Legion's 19th Division units. The unit contained few Latvian soldiers, but was important for propaganda...

Three friends — Jānis, Zigis, and Ričards — are mobilized into the Latvian Legion during World War II, where they fight against the Red Army in the Volkhov...

The Latvian Soviet Socialist Republic (Also known as the Latvian SSR, or Latvia) was a constituent republic of the Soviet Union from 1940 to 1941, and...

Indische Legion, also known as the Free India Legion or Tiger Legion, an Indian unit raised in 1941 and attached to the German Army Latvian Legion, a formation...

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Grenadier Division of the SS (2nd Latvian) (German: 19. Waffen-Grenadier-Division der SS (lettische Nr. 2), Latvian: 19. SS grenadieru divīzija (latviešu...

Estonian). Estonia portal Germany portal Estonia in World War II Latvian Legion Legion of French Volunteers Against Bolshevism "Võitleja = The Combatant :...

Holocaust. Latvian soldiers fought on both sides of the conflict against their will, and in 1943 180,000 Latvian men were drafted into the Latvian Legion of the...

Rubess (21 December 1926, Riga, Latvia – 23 December 2009) was a Latvian businessman. From his early life in the Latvian Legion (circa 1943/44) he made the...

heavy battles in summer 1944 when Latvian Legion retreated to Latvia, Perro was commanded to 19th Waffen SS (2nd Latvian) division. There he was assigned...

the 16th Latvian Police Battalion to the brigade in February. On 18 May 1943, these Latvian Battalions along with the other three Latvian Legion battalions...

with the Latvian Foreign Minister. Israeli deputy minister Marina Solodkin requested her government denounce the honoring of the Latvian Legion (Waffen...

Freedom Monument (Latvian: Brīvības piemineklis) is a monument located in Riga, Latvia, honouring soldiers killed during the Latvian War of Independence...

manpower of the Latvian security battalions. To man and maintain these three new divisions, Himmler ordered the conscription of Estonian and Latvian men, and...

Jews in Latvia until 1942 when it was used in anti-partisan operations in Belarus and Russia. It was disbanded and merged into the Latvian Legion in 1943...

Vilis Arveds Hāzners (1905–1989) was an officer in the Latvian army and Latvian Legion, and a recipient of the Nazi German Ehrenblattspange des Heeres...

Declaration on Latvian Legionnaires in World War II (Latvian: Deklarācija par latviešu leģionāriem Otrajā pasaules karā) was adopted by the sixth Saeima...

the Latvian Auxiliary Police. At the end of 1941, he became the First Deputy Director General of the Director General of the Interior when the Latvian Self-Administration...

of Riga Latvian independence movement (1940–1991) Latvian diplomatic service (1940–1991) List of presidents of Latvia Prime Minister of Latvia Livonia...

Latvian Auxiliary Police was a paramilitary force created from Latvian volunteers and conscripts by the Nazi German authorities who occupied the country...

Charlemagne French SS Division, the Estonian SS Division, the Latvian Legion and the Norwegian Legion during the war. A song with a similar melody, Dragões do...

(26 March 1895 – 9 July 1985) was a Latvian officer in the Imperial Russian Army, Latvian Army and the Latvian Legion, recipient of the Order of the Three...

travelled to Latvia to investigate the history of the Latvian side of his family – his deceased maternal grandfather, Walter Kidals, was a Latvian who had...

Latvian national partisans (Latvian: Nacionālie partizāni) were Latvian pro-independence partisans who waged guerrilla warfare against Soviet rule during...