Waffen SS Dutch Landstorm Landwacht Film Footage Pictures NSB Music Translated

Translated! Video with film footage and pictures of the Dutch SS 'Landstorm' and 'Landwacht'.
The two songs by the pictures are called:
- Landstorm Nederland - Zwarte Soldaten zingend ten strijd (Black soldiers singing to battle)
- NSB - Marie (WA koor Amsterdam 1941).

Some information:

The formation of 'Landstorm Nederland'
Names:

12-03-1943: Grenadier-Regiment I Landwacht Nederland
16-10-1943: SS-Grenadier-Regiment Landstorm Nederland
01-11-1944: SS-Freiwilligen-Grenadier-Brigade 'Landstorm Nederland'
10-02-1945: 34.SS Freiwilligen-Grenadier-Division 'Landstorm Nederland'

Commanders:

11-03-1943: SS-Oberfüher Viktor Knapp
01-04-1944: SS-Obersturmbannführer Deurheit
11-05-1943: SS-Standartenführer Martin Kohlroser

On the 12th of March 1943 the Landwacht Nederland was formed. The unit had to be a part of the defense against foreign or domestic enemies. Landwacht Nederland was not the same organisation as the Nederlandse Landwacht. The first was a pure military organisation that was used as a territorial defensive unit, the Nederlandse Landwacht served merely as a sort of police unit. On the 16th of October 1943 the name Landwacht Nederland was changed into Landstorm Nederland. The unit consisted of Dutch volunteers and was stationed in Den Bosch, Vught, Roermond and Hoogeveen.

Many Dutchmen volunteered for Landstorm Nederland, especially in 1944. The men were given a job (=money), housing, food and they escaped the Arbeitseinsatz (forced labour). Next to that Landstorm soldiers in general didn't have to fear a transfer to the Eastern front since Landstorm was a territorial defense unit. Although Landstorm wasn't officially (yet) an SS unit, it was subjected to Waffen-SS laws and jurisdiction of the SS-und Polizeigericht. The men wore the Feldgrau uniform of the Waffen-SS, but without the Sig-runes. The German officers and transferred eastern front veterans were allowed to keep wearing the runes.

NSB-leader Anton Mussert was very satisfied with the new unit and offered every cooperation. With the establishment of the Landstorm, NSB members had the opportunity to arm themselves. Mussert hoped that this would an effective measure aginst the raising number of attacks on Dutch collaborators from the beginning of 1943. Apart from this Landstorm Nederland could, like SS-Standarte 'Westland' in 1940 and Freiwilligenlegion 'Niederlande' in 1941 well be a forerunner of a new Dutch army.

Mussert appealed to his members, especially his armed NSB guard de Weerafdeling (WA), to join Landstorm Nederland. The SS and Rauter in particular hoped that the new volunteers could soon be transferred to 'Wiking' or the III.SS-Panzerkorps. Next to that Rauter expected to get a stronger hold on the NSB: 'Wir kriegen so die ganzen wehrhaften Nazionalsozialisten der NSB in die Hand der SS' ('This way we'll get all the able-bodied NSB National-Socialists under the control of the SS'). Remarkably Rauter kept Landstorm Nederland as a sort of personal combat unit. During the battles against the allies in the Netherlands Rauter was in tactical command of Kampfgruppe Rauter in which Landstorm Nederland was incorporated.

The education and training of the men, now called Grenadiere, started at May the 3rd 1943. The first contingent took the oath on Adolf Hitler (as Germanic führer) at the 30th of the same month. In October 1943 Landstorm Nederland counted 2.400 men, a year later the number had already risen to 3.400. Most of the new volunteers were NSB members. At first Rauter wasn't very pleased with this. He had hoped that many non-NSB members would volunteer. Later on, in 1944, he changed his mind. Rauter feared that non-NSB volunteers would turn against the Germans as soon as the allied armies entered the Netherlands. So in 1944 he tried to rise the number of the reliable NSB volunteers in Landstorm Nederland.

Most of the officers and also nco's were German. In order to give the unit a more Dutch character several initiatives were taken to get more Dutchmen in these ranks. 130 Dutch 'Wiking' and 'Nederland' veterans recieved a NCO rank in Landstorm Nederland. Within Landstorm Nederland the position of company commander was the highest a Dutchman ever reached.

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[jiiiiiiiiiimb]

ss wiking grandpa still proud, me to wp sweden

[Vidaldemonti]

Reading some of the posts make me wonder what goes on in some of these peoples minds?? This is a historic account of what happened during the WW2 - no need to politisize the issue - be grateful that someone actually made the effort to share it on Youtube - Get a life, enjoy you existance, smell the flowers, do something nice to your partner, friend or stranger and - enjoy the fact that you are alive :-) are you????

Greetings from Kona, Hawaii

[prankster1590]

Ze waren liever duits dan russisch. Lijkt me logisch. Dus zo walgelijk was het niet.

[VerderfZwartlong]

@ProuDToBeDucth

Same goes for the PVV!

[VerderfZwartlong]

@intellservicegroup

I am not a Nazi or what ever, but the sense of right and wrong is personal. So maybe they stood up for what they believed was right.

[ceroeck]

i cant believe these silly assholes almost took over the world LOL WTF

[IustitiaPax]

@intellservicegroup Tussen the 25.000 en 40.000 Nederlandse mannen vochten in de Waffen-SS en Duitse militaire eenheden. Nog enkele duizenden waren Rijksduitsers uit Nederland die verplicht werden in de Wehrmacht dienst te nemen. Nog eens vele tienduizenden hielpen de Duitsers door de 'eigen' Nederlandse politiediensten die bijv. onderduikers, oud-officieren, Knokploegen en joden arresteerden. De economische collaboratie was nog groter. Het is gemakkelijk achteraf oordelen, jongen.

[IustitiaPax]

@intellservicegroup Excuse me. I see this is the Landstorm Nederland which served at the Western Front in Belgium and the Netherlands for the German occupiers and defence. You are right more or less. Landstorm held more opportunists and NSB members and Germanophiles than the Vrijwilligerslegioen Nederland of 1941.

[IustitiaPax]

@intellservicegroup The problem was that our Queen had left the country for the United Kingdom, that our secret services had compromised our neutrality by the Venlo Incident in 1939 (and collaboration with British secret services), risking our neutrality far more than e.g. the Kingdom of Denmark ever did. Please note this. Also, you live outside of the fear of Bolshevik invasion (Communism) now. They did not. Also, I do not think these wanted to continue German occupation of the Netherlands.

[intellservicegroup]

As a Dutch ex commando serving my country from 12 years born in 1960, I can not believe that these men have served their German master rather then the Huis of Orange. My family and step family were involved in the Dutch resistance against the german iligal occupation of Holland, for that Im greatfull. It is difficult to believe that men would do sothing like this. Stand up for what is right!!

[alberferdi1]

à quel moment ces photos peuvent se rattacher ?? les armes collectives sont françaises ....