Unfortunately several links under construction still but from halfway down the page several links include excellent info!

FMP - German Forces in Finland during WW II - Contents

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Thanks for this Kai, this has always been of great interest to me. BTW, I think that HH PK Pic I sent you was taken in Finland or I may be mistaken ;-))

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Lost are only those, who abandon themselves) Hans-Ulrich Rudel.

some surprises guys from a close KM former artillery personell gone Infantrie in 43-45 one of the last to leave Hela as his detachment tried to blow up the docks as the last ship sailed away to Copenhagen, Otto served in the very intense bloody fighting off the isles of Finland in 1944 and he was on the scene and very close to his Leutnant who called in the off-shore bombardments by the Prinz Eugen. anyway hoping to get his full story next week between jobs plus 3 great pics to share of him in Uniform both in the KM blues and field grey KM Infantrie

headin out ........... alles gut !

Lookin forward to the KM guys story and pics. I wonder if he also wore the blue belt buckle when in the KM Inf unit?

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Lost are only those, who abandon themselves) Hans-Ulrich Rudel.

Carl he wrote a small private book which included 3 very nice pics I need to have him show me his labum whih there are very few pics of the war but ........

one view of him with Helmet grey uni. and the coastal artillery badge worn proudly in 1943 dark belt cannot ell what color it is C. Anoater pic quite blurrey on his wedding day with his babe and Ursula was a gorgeous young woman, December of 44 he wears his EK II medal and ribbon out from his tunic. He looks aged terribly. From 1940 through 1943 until serving In Finland and the outskirts he was in a Flak Batterie protecting Kiel.

a little side addition looking through his privately published book softbound, on page 57 a very small photo of the graveyard in Finland in September 44, Otto lays a wreath in remembrance, 3 shots are fired and his comments " in the following 3 months we lost 80% of our unit, it was hell on earth."

Hi E, thanks for the explanation. It's very probable that he did have the blue buckle on his belt-but it's possible he had the green-grey one too.

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Lost are only those, who abandon themselves) Hans-Ulrich Rudel.