MASSIMILIANO AFIERO was born in Afragola (Naples) in 1964. An IT teacher and programmer, he has been interested in military history since his youth, specializing in the history of Axis units during World War II, particularly the Waffen-SS. He is one of a few Italian researchers to have personally interviewed veterans of the Waffen-SS and published their stories. Since May 2008, he has been Editor-in-Chief of the bimonthly magazine SGM ( Seconda Guerra Mondiale) and, in January 2017, he started his own magazine The Axis Forces in World War II. His other titles for Osprey include: MAA 524:Norwegian Waffen-SS Legion, 1941-43 and MAA 531:Dutch Waffen-SS Legion & Brigade 1941-44.
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Introduction: Operation 'Barbarossa', June 1941 - the concept of foreign volunteer SS 'Legions' Quisling's fascist movement in occupied Norway Creation, training, organization and leadership of the Freiwilligen Legion Norwegen within the Waffen-SS, July 1941-February 1942 Transfer to Leningrad front in northern Russia, February-March 1942 Defensive actions in Urizk/ Gorgosi sector, April-May 1942 Admission of picked Norwegians to SS Bad Tolz officer academy, July 1942 Battalion group forms part of 2nd SS Infantry Brigade, Volkhov sector, August 1942 Addition of Norwegian SS Police Company, September 1942 Autumn 1942 battles Second battle of Lake Ladoga, action at Krazny Bor, January-February 1943 Relieved, March 1943 - enlarged into SS-PzGren Regt 23 'Norge' within what would become 11. SS-Freiwilligen PzGren Div 'Nordland'. Select Bibliography Plate Commentaries - uniforms and insignia
Introduction: Operation 'Barbarossa', June 1941 - the concept of foreign volunteer SS 'Legions' Quisling's fascist movement in occupied Norway Creation, training, organization and leadership of the Freiwilligen Legion Norwegen within the Waffen-SS, July 1941-February 1942 Transfer to Leningrad front in northern Russia, February-March 1942 Defensive actions in Urizk/ Gorgosi sector, April-May 1942 Admission of picked Norwegians to SS Bad Tolz officer academy, July 1942 Battalion group forms part of 2nd SS Infantry Brigade, Volkhov sector, August 1942 Addition of Norwegian SS Police Company, September 1942 Autumn 1942 battles Second battle of Lake Ladoga, action at Krazny Bor, January-February 1943 Relieved, March 1943 - enlarged into SS-PzGren Regt 23 'Norge' within what would become 11. SS-Freiwilligen PzGren Div 'Nordland'. Select Bibliography Plate Commentaries - uniforms and insignia
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