Among these reinforcements was a Kampfgruppe from the elite 5th SS-Panzer-Division Wiking, commanded by SS-Obersturmführer Kahl Nicolussi-Leck.

One of the Waffen SS units was a motorized division of the SS Wiking (since 1943 - the 5th SS Panzer Division ‘Wiking’)," the FSB noted. The division was formed in June 1940 by order of SS ...