It is implied that the Marines picked up various stragglers and remnants from all kinds of units - including armored vehicles as well - considering the chaos of the aftermath of the summer offensive I could easily see Germans who got separated from their units, pro-NATO Poles and Soviets, possibly cut off Danes from the Danish unit that was part of the summer offensive. Add in Ukrainians who may have abandoned their Soviet units as well and you could see why they grew in size (let alone absorbing 5th Division men who managed to get away to the north and join up withe Marines)
As for all the nationalities - even before they started they may have had Norwegians, Finns and Brits who may have joined up with the Marines from when they were in Norway and Finland - makes for one heck of a group.
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