Norwegian SS fight off Red Army

22 April 1942: Norwegian volunteers for the SS fight off a much larger force as the Soviets launch a suicidal attack south of Leningrad

Men of the Norwegian Legion in Northern Russia, summer 1942.

After the German invasion of Norway in 1940 the Nazis imposed their own puppet Prime Minister, Vidkun Quisling - but struggled to find many Norwegians who would actively support them. Some 2,000 Norwegians did volunteer to serve with the SS - and the Norwegian ‘Norsk Legion’ was formed in the s…