To the Front
    Towards East

    Finnish Volunteer Battalion of Waffen-SS left Gross-Born as five railway transports on 3.12.1941 and unloaded on the 8th of December at Vinnitsa, Ukraine. From there battalion continued using its own motor vehicles. 

    About a month later after a very slow, muddy and snowy motorized march battalion got to front at river Mius on 8.1.1942 with only one third of its vehicles being operational.
    pic55 Unloading lorries from train at Berdichev railway station near Vinnitsa.
    pic18 Break on the way to the front. As can be seen, Finnish Volunteer SS-Battalion wasn't equipped with proper winter uniforms even if the ground is covered by snow.
     
     
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