11th SS Volunteer Panzergrenadier Division Nordland

The 11th SS Volunteer Panzergrenadier Division Nordland (German: 11. SS-Freiwilligen Panzergrenadier-Division "Nordland") was a Waffen-SS division primarily raised with Germans and ethnic Germans from Romania, but also foreign volunteers from Northern and Western Europe. It saw action, as part of Army Group North, in the Independent State of Croatia and on the Eastern Front during World War II.

11th SS Volunteer Panzergrenadier Division Nordland
11. SS-Freiwilligen Panzergrenadier-Division "Nordland"
Divisional insignia
ActiveJuly 1943 – May 1945
Country Nazi Germany
Branch Waffen-SS
TypePanzergrenadier
SizeDivision
EngagementsWorld War II
Commanders
Notable
commanders
Franz Augsberger
Fritz von Scholz
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