page_title: Finnish Volunteer Battalion of the Waffen-SS
hierarchical_section_title: Finnish Volunteer Battalion of the Waffen-SS
caption_attribution_description: English: Finnish Waffen-SS has returned.
context_page_description: The Finnish Volunteer Battalion of the Waffen-SS was a motorized infantry battalion of the German Waffen-SS during World War II. It was formed from Finnish volunteers and fought on the Eastern Front as part of the SS Division Wiking. The unit was disbanded in mid-1943 as the two-year commitment of the volunteers had expired and the Finnish Government was unwilling to allow more men to volunteer. About 1,400 men served in the battalion throughout its existence.
context_section_description: The Finnish Volunteer Battalion of the Waffen-SS (German: Finnisches Freiwilligen-Bataillon der Waffen-SS) was a motorized infantry battalion of the German Waffen-SS during World War II. It was formed from Finnish volunteers and fought on the Eastern Front as part of the SS Division Wiking. The unit was disbanded in mid-1943 as the two-year commitment of the volunteers had expired and the Finnish Government was unwilling to allow more men to volunteer. About 1,400 men served in the battalion throughout its existence.
caption: Members of the battalion returning to Finland in 1943
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