The 34th SS Volunteer Grenadier Division "Landstorm Nederland" (german: 34. SS-Freiwilligen Grenadier-Division "Landstorm Nederland")
[Official designation in German language as to „Bundesarchiv-Militärarchiv“ in Freiburg im Breisgau, stores of the ]Wehrmacht
The ''Wehrmacht'' (, ) were the unified armed forces of Nazi Germany from 1935 to 1945. It consisted of the ''Heer'' (army), the '' Kriegsmarine'' (navy) and the ''Luftwaffe'' (air force). The designation "''Wehrmacht''" replaced the previo ...
and Waffen-SS
The (, "Armed SS") was the combat branch of the Nazi Party's ''Schutzstaffel'' (SS) organisation. Its formations included men from Nazi Germany, along with Waffen-SS foreign volunteers and conscripts, volunteers and conscripts from both occup ...
. was a division in the
Waffen-SS
The (, "Armed SS") was the combat branch of the Nazi Party's ''Schutzstaffel'' (SS) organisation. Its formations included men from Nazi Germany, along with Waffen-SS foreign volunteers and conscripts, volunteers and conscripts from both occup ...
of
Nazi Germany
Nazi Germany (lit. "National Socialist State"), ' (lit. "Nazi State") for short; also ' (lit. "National Socialist Germany") (officially known as the German Reich from 1933 until 1943, and the Greater German Reich from 1943 to 1945) was ...
during World War II. It was formed by converting the SS Volunteer Brigade Landstorm Nederland into a division. It comprised volunteers of Dutch people, Dutch background and saw action on the Western Front (WWII), Western Front, but its strength never reached more than a brigade.
The unit fought various actions of the Eastern and Western fronts. It took part in fighting in the Netherlands, then Pomerania, and then on the Seelow heights. In the latter action, Panzerjagdbrigade "Dora", equipped with Jagdtiger, Jagdtigers was attached to the formation, and both were destroyed attempting counterattacks.
Commanders
* Martin Kohlroser (5 November 1944 – 8 May 1945)
See also
*List of German divisions in World War II
*List of Waffen-SS divisions
*List of SS personnel
References
Footnotes
Bibliography
* Pierik, Perry - From Leningrad to Berlin: Dutch Volunteers in the German Waffen-SS
Waffen-SS divisions, #34
Dutch collaborators with Nazi Germany
Military units and formations established in 1943
Foreign volunteer units of the Waffen-SS
Military units and formations disestablished in 1945
Collaboration with the Axis Powers
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