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- Norwegian_Legion abstract "During World War II, the Norwegian Legion (Norwegian: Den Norske Legion, German: Freiwilligen-Legion Norwegen) was formed by the Waffen-SS on 29 June 1941 in German-occupied Norway. Volunteers were assured that it would be a Norwegian unit with Norwegian officers, uniforms and language and that its area of operations would be Finland. Instead, the Norwegians were deployed to Russia, taking part in the fighting on the Leningrad front. This was done by the Germans to avoid reinforcing any Norwegian territorial claims to the Kola peninsula and the Finnish Petsamo region, which were desired by the Quisling regime. Initially, Quisling hoped to deploy over 30 000 Norwegian legionaries to Finnish Lapland, but this was rejected by both the Germans and the Finns.Coming under the control of the 2 SS Infantry Brigade, the Norwegians occupied positions at Krasnoye Selo near Pushkin in February 1942. For the next two months the Legion took part in the siege warfare around Leningrad. In May 1942, the Legion was withdrawn for a rest, returning to the front line in June 1942. It again became involved in major combat in February 1943, as the Red Army mounted an offensive across Lake Ladoga. The Legion left the front in the spring of 1943, having suffered over a 180 casualties in a year. During that period it had been reinforced by the 1 SS and Police Company under the command of the head of the Norwegian Allgemeine-SS, Jonas Lie. The Legion was disbanded in March 1943. Relations between the Norwegians and the Germans had not been good — a problem common to most of the Legions fighting on the Eastern Front. Legionnaires returned to Norway with little good to say about the Germans, which caused the SS some difficulty when it tried to recruit Norwegians later in the war. Most survivors of the Legion who wanted to continue fighting were transferred to the 23 SS-Panzergrenadier Regiment Norge, one of the regiments of the newly formed 11th SS Volunteer Panzergrenadier Division Nordland.".
- Norwegian_Legion activeYearsEndYear "1943".
- Norwegian_Legion activeYearsStartYear "1941".
- Norwegian_Legion battle Siege_of_Leningrad.
- Norwegian_Legion commander Arthur_Qvist.
- Norwegian_Legion country Nazi_Germany.
- Norwegian_Legion country Norway.
- Norwegian_Legion militaryBranch Waffen-SS.
- Norwegian_Legion militaryUnitSize "Around 1000".
- Norwegian_Legion thumbnail Norske_Legion1.jpg?width=300.
- Norwegian_Legion type Infantry.
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- Norwegian_Legion wikiPageID "27463399".
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- Norwegian_Legion allegiance "Nazi-Germany".
- Norwegian_Legion battles Siege_of_Leningrad.
- Norwegian_Legion branch Waffen-SS.
- Norwegian_Legion caption "Standard of Den Norske Legion".
- Norwegian_Legion commander Arthur_Qvist.
- Norwegian_Legion commander1Label "SS-Obersturmbannführer".
- Norwegian_Legion dates "1941-06-29".
- Norwegian_Legion disbanded "March 1943".
- Norwegian_Legion hasPhotoCollection Norwegian_Legion.
- Norwegian_Legion size "Around 1000".
- Norwegian_Legion type Infantry.
- Norwegian_Legion unitName "Den Norske Legion, Freiwilligen-Legion Norwegen".
- Norwegian_Legion unitName "Norwegian Legion".
- Norwegian_Legion subject Category:Military_units_and_formations_of_the_Waffen-SS.
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- Norwegian_Legion type Organization108008335.
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- Norwegian_Legion comment "During World War II, the Norwegian Legion (Norwegian: Den Norske Legion, German: Freiwilligen-Legion Norwegen) was formed by the Waffen-SS on 29 June 1941 in German-occupied Norway. Volunteers were assured that it would be a Norwegian unit with Norwegian officers, uniforms and language and that its area of operations would be Finland. Instead, the Norwegians were deployed to Russia, taking part in the fighting on the Leningrad front.".
- Norwegian_Legion label "Norwegian Legion".
- Norwegian_Legion label "Ochotniczy Legion Norweski".
- Norwegian_Legion label "Норвежский легион".
- Norwegian_Legion label "挪威軍團".
- Norwegian_Legion sameAs Ochotniczy_Legion_Norweski.
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- Norwegian_Legion sameAs Q2613765.
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- Norwegian_Legion sameAs Norwegian_Legion.
- Norwegian_Legion wasDerivedFrom Norwegian_Legion?oldid=590197999.
- Norwegian_Legion depiction Norske_Legion1.jpg.
- Norwegian_Legion isPrimaryTopicOf Norwegian_Legion.
- Norwegian_Legion name "Den Norske Legion, Freiwilligen-Legion Norwegen".
- Norwegian_Legion name "Norwegian Legion".