B Hellqvist
Company Commander
In 1944, the shortage of suitable SS troops made Himmler go to extreme measures. With the help of Ahnenerbe necromancers, ancient rune magic was successful in raising fallen SS soldiers. SS cemeteries on the Eastern Front were scoured, and about 1,000 dead were reanimated. The toll on the necromancers was frightful, though, and most of them went insane.
The raised troops were in various states of decay. For some reason, corpses from the "Totenkopf" - Death's Head - division were easier to raise than those from other divisions. There were theories that the division's ties with the concentration camps infused the dead with a particular strain of evil.
The plan was to unleash the undead army on Soviet troops, causing panic among the superstitious Russians. The preparations went well, and the sole surviving necromancer placed himself in the middle of the ghastly host to better control the undead. The effect of the unspeakable battalion could never be recorded, as Soviet artillery happened to blow the zombies and skeletons to kingdom come. The forbidden tomes with the unholy spells are believed to have been brought to South America after the war, and might explain some rumours from isolated parts of Paraguay...
