Finnish Volunteer Battalion of the Waffen-SS

Finnish Battalion that fought for Nazi Germany during WW2
Organization corps Q569477
Finnish Volunteer Battalion of the Waffen-SS
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Finnish Volunteer Battalion of the Waffen-SS

Summary

Finnish Volunteer Battalion of the Waffen-SS is a corps[1]. It ranks in the top 9% of corps entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (116 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Finnish Volunteer Battalion of the Waffen-SS is in the country of German Reich[3].
  • Finnish Volunteer Battalion of the Waffen-SS is in the country of Nazi Germany[4].
  • Finnish Volunteer Battalion of the Waffen-SS's image is recorded as Finnische Legion.svg[5].
  • Finnish Volunteer Battalion of the Waffen-SS's instance of is recorded as corps[6].
  • Finnish Volunteer Battalion of the Waffen-SS's instance of is recorded as military branch[7].
  • Finnish Volunteer Battalion of the Waffen-SS's instance of is recorded as volunteer battalion[8].
  • Finnish Volunteer Battalion of the Waffen-SS's VIAF cluster ID is recorded as 127876853[9].
  • Finnish Volunteer Battalion of the Waffen-SS's military branch is recorded as Waffen-SS[10].
  • Finnish Volunteer Battalion of the Waffen-SS's Library of Congress authority ID is recorded as n85040994[11].
  • Finnish Volunteer Battalion of the Waffen-SS's location is recorded as Vienna[12].
  • Finnish Volunteer Battalion of the Waffen-SS's location is recorded as Stralsund[13].
  • Finnish Volunteer Battalion of the Waffen-SS's location is recorded as Borne Sulinowo[14].
  • Finnish Volunteer Battalion of the Waffen-SS's part of is recorded as 5th SS Panzer Division Wiking[15].
  • Finnish Volunteer Battalion of the Waffen-SS's part of is recorded as 11th SS Volunteer Panzergrenadier Division Nordland[16].
  • Finnish Volunteer Battalion of the Waffen-SS's part of is recorded as Army Group South[17].
  • Finnish Volunteer Battalion of the Waffen-SS's part of is recorded as Q120261425[18].
  • Finnish Volunteer Battalion of the Waffen-SS's Commons category is recorded as Finnish Volunteer Battalion of the Waffen-SS[19].
  • +1941-00-00T00:00:00Z marks the founding of Finnish Volunteer Battalion of the Waffen-SS[20].
  • Finnish Volunteer Battalion of the Waffen-SS was dissolved in +1943-00-00T00:00:00Z[21].
  • Finnish Volunteer Battalion of the Waffen-SS's participated in conflict is recorded as World War II[22].
  • Finnish Volunteer Battalion of the Waffen-SS's participated in conflict is recorded as Operation Barbarossa[23].
  • Finnish Volunteer Battalion of the Waffen-SS's participated in conflict is recorded as Battle of Rostov[24].
  • Finnish Volunteer Battalion of the Waffen-SS's participated in conflict is recorded as Case Blue[25].
  • Finnish Volunteer Battalion of the Waffen-SS's participated in conflict is recorded as Battle of Stalingrad[26].
  • Finnish Volunteer Battalion of the Waffen-SS's participated in conflict is recorded as Second Battle of Kharkov[27].

Body

Founding

+1941-00-00T00:00:00Z marks the founding of Finnish Volunteer Battalion of the Waffen-SS[20].

Identity

Part of include 5th SS Panzer Division Wiking[15], a Panzer division[28], in Nazi Germany[29], founded in 1940[30]; 11th SS Volunteer Panzergrenadier Division Nordland[16], a Panzergrenadier Division[31], in Nazi Germany[32], founded in 1943[33]; Army Group South[17], an army group[34], in Nazi Germany[35], founded in 1939[36]; and Q120261425[18].

Dissolution

Finnish Volunteer Battalion of the Waffen-SS was dissolved in +1943-00-00T00:00:00Z[21].

Why It Matters

Finnish Volunteer Battalion of the Waffen-SS ranks in the top 9% of corps entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (116 views/month).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 11 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[37] It is known by 13 alternative names across languages and contexts.[38]

References

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  9. [11] . Virtual International Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] . wikidata.org.
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  22. [24] . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] . wikidata.org.
  24. [26] . wikidata.org.
  25. [27] . wikidata.org.

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [28] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [29] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  3. [30] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  4. [31] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  5. [32] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  6. [33] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  7. [34] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  8. [35] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  9. [36] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [37] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [38] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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