Last Battalion

The Letztes Bataillon, translated in English from German as the "Last Battallion" is a battallion of 1,000 Waffen-SS soldiers that were turned into vampires after volunteering in the Nazi vampire production project to create a vampire army.

History


After the event of Hellsing: The Dawn, most of the remaining Nazi officials escaped to South America some time after the end of the war in Europe, taking with them a battalion of 1,000 Waffen-SS volunteers. They eventually formed the "Letztes Bataillon" a secret weapon that would be used in a future conflict.

In 1999, during the events of Hellsing, they are shown to be more loyal to The Major than to the higher ranking Nazi officers. During the Major's return to Millennium's secret base in Jaburo, a Colonel became furious with the Major, frantically asking why the top echelons had never been converted into vampires, and tried to beat him into submission. To this, the Major reveals two things: every single other member had already been converted, and the old generals themselves were the leaders only nominally. He then proceeded to assert his authority by ordering the soldiers to turn againts their own superiors and kill them all. Not long after, the Major had them executed on alive broadcast to the London summit between Iscariot and the Table, formally declaring war upon England.

So, the Bataillon moved in against London itself armed with three armored zeppelins, a thousand loyal soldiers, the Werwolf force and huge amounts of varied weaponry. Once they arrived in the skies of London, they launched dozens of V-1 flying bombs, crippling the city in mere instants and causing a massive, burning swastika created by the flaming destruction to mark the tremendous massacre. For the assault's second phase, Millennium soldiers descended from the zeppelins, massacring everyone at sight, with the British police and local security being no match against them as non-silver bullets have little effect on vampires. However, their forces were quickly depleted by both the frustrated Hellsing HQ assault attempt and the intervention of Iscariot forces in a fierce clash; this caused them to lose almost half of their manpower with only 572 troops remaining upon Alucard's return. Most of them were wiped out by Alucard and his undead army, along with the Grand Army of the Riconquista, and the remains were presumably wiped out in the sanitization of the city.

Equipment
Millennium soldiers are overall hardly different from their normal WWII Waffen counterparts, equipped with World War 2-era German weapons including Kar98 bolt-action rifles, MP40s, STG-44s, stick grenades, Panzerfausts and Panzerschreks. Stahnhelm helmets are apparently still in use along with long trenchcoats and a face cloth. They also have anti-UV equipment, allowing them to remain in sunlight without combusting.