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2 unusual facts about 6th SS Mountain Division Nord


6th SS Mountain Division Nord

The Division remained on the western front after the Nordwind offensive, fighting the Americans around Trier and Koblenz on the Moselle River in March before going into 7th Army's reserve in April.

The "Hagelrune", literally, "Hail Rune a stylized Life/Death rune, like a combined "x" and "i;"


Operation Nordwind

By 15 January at least seventeen German divisions (including units in the Colmar Pocket)from Army Group G and Army Group Upper Rhine, including the 6th SS Mountain, 17th SS Panzergrenadier, 21st Panzer, and 25th Panzergrenadier Divisions were engaged in the fighting.


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