In 1943-44, the SS formed several divisions from various types of volunteer military, police and paramilitary units previously used for antipartisan operations in the Baltic regions. These took the field in Army Group North and ended up in the Courland Pocket and in the last battles around Berlin: 15th SS Infantry Division (Latvian #1), 19th SS Infantry Division (Latvian #2), 20th SS Infantry Division (Estonian #1) were the major formations, but separate brigades and regiments also formed during the period.
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