34th SS Volunteer Grenadier Division Landstorm Nederland

The 34th SS Volunteer Grenadier Division "Landstorm Nederland" (German: 34. SS-Freiwilligen Grenadier-Division "Landstorm Nederland")[1] was a division in the Waffen-SS of Nazi Germany during World War II. It was formed by converting the SS Volunteer Brigade Landstorm Nederland into a division. It comprised volunteers of Dutch background and saw action on the Western Front, but its strength never reached more than a brigade.

34th SS Volunteer Division "Landstorm Nederland" XX
Unit insignia
Active	12 March 1943 - 5 May 1945
Country	Netherlands
Allegiance	Nazi Germany
Branch	Waffen SS
Type	Infantry
Size	Division
Engagements	World War II
Commanders
Notable commanders	Martin Kohlroser

Commanders

Martin Kohlroser (5 November 1944 - 8 May 1945)

References

Official designation in German language as to „Bundesarchiv-Militärarchiv“ in Freiburg im Breisgau, stores of the Wehrmacht and Waffen-SS.

Pierik, Perry - From Leningrad to Berlin: Dutch Volunteers in the German Waffen-SS

Waffen-SS brigades
Panzer	SS Panzer Brigade Gross SS Brigade Westfalen SS Panzer Brigade 150
Panzergrenadier	SS Brigade Schuldt 4th SS Volunteer Panzergrenadier Brigade Nederland SS Panzergrenadier Brigade 49 SS Panzergrenadier Brigade 51
Sturmbrigade	5th SS Volunteer Sturmbrigade Wallonia 6th SS Volunteer Sturmbrigade Langemarck Sturmbrigade Reichsführer SS 8th SS Volunteer Sturmbrigade France SS-Sturmbrigade Dirlewanger S.S. Sturmbrigade R.O.N.A.
Cavalry	SS Cavalry Brigade
Infantry	1 SS Infantry Brigade 2nd SS Infantry Brigade 3rd Estonian SS Volunteer Brigade SS Volunteer Grenadier Brigade Landstorm Nederland Waffen Grenadier Brigade of SS (Italian No. 1) Waffen Grenadier Brigade of SS Charlemagne (French No 1)
Police	Schutzmannschaft-Brigade Siegling

Waffen-SS divisions
Panzer	1st SS Division Leibstandarte SS Adolf Hitler 2nd SS Division Das Reich 3rd SS Division Totenkopf 5th SS Division Wiking 9th SS Division Hohenstaufen 10th SS Division Frundsberg 12th SS Division Hitlerjugend SS heavy Panzer battalions
Panzergrenadier	11th SS Volunteer Panzergrenadier Division Nordland 16th SS Panzergrenadier Division Reichsführer-SS 17th SS Panzergrenadier Division Götz von Berlichingen 18th SS Volunteer Panzergrenadier Division Horst Wessel 23rd SS Volunteer Panzergrenadier Division Nederland
Mountain	6th SS Mountain Division Nord 7th SS Volunteer Mountain Division Prinz Eugen 13th Waffen Mountain Division of the SS Handschar (1st Croatian) 21st Waffen Mountain Division of the SS Skanderbeg (1st Albanian) 23rd Waffen Mountain Division of the SS Kama (2nd Croatian) 24th Waffen Mountain Division of the SS Karstjäger
Cavalry	8th SS Cavalry Division Florian Geyer 22nd SS Volunteer Cavalry Division Division Maria Theresia 33rd Waffen Cavalry Division of the SS (3rd Hungarian) 37th SS Volunteer Cavalry Division Lützow 1st SS Cossack Cavalry Division
Infantry	14th Waffen Grenadier Division of the SS (1st Galician) 15th Waffen Grenadier Division of the SS (1st Latvian) 19th Waffen Grenadier Division of the SS (2nd Latvian) 20th Waffen Grenadier Division of the SS (1st Estonian) 25th Waffen Grenadier Division of the SS Hunyadi (1st Hungarian) 26th Waffen Grenadier Division of the SS (2nd Hungarian) 27th SS Volunteer Grenadier Division Langemarck (1st Flemish) 28th SS Volunteer Grenadier Division Wallonien 29th Waffen Grenadier Division of the SS RONA (1st Russian) 29th Waffen Grenadier Division of the SS (1st Italian) 30th Waffen Grenadier Division of the SS (2nd Russian) 30th Waffen Grenadier Division of the SS (1st Belarussian) 31st SS Volunteer Grenadier Division 32nd SS Volunteer Grenadier Division 30 Januar 33rd Waffen Grenadier Division of the SS Charlemagne (1st French) 34th SS Volunteer Grenadier Division Landstorm Nederland 36th Waffen Grenadier Division of the SS 38th SS Division Grenadier Nibelungen
Police	4th SS Police Division 35th SS Police Division
Deception Divisions	26th SS Panzer Division 27th SS Panzer Division
Lists	Divisional commanders Divisions
Category

Fascism and Nazism in the Netherlands until 1945
Political parties and groups	Black Front Dutch Fascist Union General Dutch Fascist League National Socialist Dutch Workers Party National Socialist Movement National Union Nationale Jeugdstorm
People	Jan Baars Daniël de Blocq van Scheltinga Max Blokzijl Henk Feldmeijer Cornelis van Geelkerken Robert van Genechten Alfred Haighton George Kettmann Wouter Lutkie Arnold Meijer Anton Mussert Ernst Herman van Rappard Meinoud Rost van Tonningen Hendrik Seyffardt H. A. Sinclair de Rochemont
Related articles	4th SS Volunteer Panzergrenadier Brigade Netherlands 23rd SS Volunteer Panzer Grenadier Division Nederland 34th SS Volunteer Grenadier Division Landstorm Nederland Henneicke Column

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