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At the end of February 1945, division commander Degrelle hands out cigarettes to exhausted members of his unit. Bundesarchiv, Bild 183-J28757

This paragraph is quoted from the title of Endkampf by Urbanke et al. (1). The 28. SS-Freiwilligen-Panzergrenadier-Division "Wallonien" (also known as 28. SS-Freiwilligen-Grenadier-Division "Wallonien" in different document) (2) led by legendary SS-Standartenführer Leon Degrelle (aged 39) (3) participated the last major Operation "Sonnenwende" in German Pommern in February 1945. The battle in Lindenberg (Linden hill, or Linden-Berge in different documents) (4) was the most fierce, merciless and devastating one in SS Wallonien's combat history. According to Urbanke et al. the Lindenberg was located in the area 1.5 km south of Strebelow (Strzebielewo in Poland at present) (1). However, the location was missing in historical map searching (5). So where is Linderberg exactly now? Let's take a look what happened to SS Wallonien's Grenadiers in Lindenberg in February 1945.

Reference:

1. Urbanke, Axel. Endkempf: um das Reichsgebiet 1944/1945 Ostfront, p47. Bad Zwischenahn: Luftfahrtverlag- Start, 2017.

2. Tessin, Georg. Verbände und Truppen der deutschen Wehrmacht und Waffen-SS im Zwiten Weltkrieg 1939-1945 Zweiter Band: Die Landstreitkräfte 15-30, p270. Osnabrück: Biblo Verlag, 1973.

3. SS Standartenführer Léon Degrelle, a Walloon Belgian politician and Nazi collaborator.

4. Tieke, Wilhelm. The Tragedy of the Faithful, A History of the III. (germanisches) SS-Panzer-Korps, p219. Winnipeg, Manitoba: J.J. Fedorowicz Publishing, 2001.

5. Meyers Gazetteer I would like to specially thank to the creator of this website because I can use the website to search historical map compared to Google map in setallite view.

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