For Europe
1st Edition
Published on 20. January 2010
544 pages
978-1-4617-5102-1 (ISBN)
Description
- Definitive account of French volunteers in the Waffen-SS
- Blow-by-blow retelling of battles on the Eastern Front, including the fight for Berlin
- Focuses on all French SS units, especially the 33rd SS Grenadier Division "Charlemagne"
Impeccably researched, this book tells the story of the Frenchmen who, motivated by their hatred of Communism, chose to fight for the Third Reich in World War II, first in the regular army and then as part of the Waffen-SS. These unique soldiers participated in bitter combat, primarily against the Soviets, and returned home to an awkward peace.
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Robert Forbes lives in England.
Content
- For Europe
- Contents
- Acknowledgments
- Introduction
- 1 The Formation of the Sturmbrigade and the Milice française
- 2 The Sector of Sanok
- 3 The Sector of Mielec
- 4 The Légion des Volontaires française contre le bolchevisme
- 5 The Formation of 'Charlemagne'
- 6 'Charlemagne' welcomes the Milice française
- 7 Greifenberg and the Franz. SS-Grenadier-Ausbildungs und Ersatz-Bataillon
- 8 The Training of 'Charlemagne'
- 9 The Hell of Pomerania, Part 1
- 10 The Hell of Pomerania, Part 2
- 11 The Hell of Pomerania, Part 3
- 12 Reformation of 'Charlemagne'
- 13 The First Days at Berlin
- 14 To the Death
- 15 'Charlemagne' and Its End in Mecklenburg
- 16 The French Waffen-SS in the West
- 17 Prisoners
- 18 Le Bataillon d'Infanterie légère d'Outre-Mer
- 19 The Postwar Years
- Addendum
- Bibliography
