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For Europe : the French volunteers of the Waffen-SS

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In late 2000, the book 'Pour l'Europe: the French volunteers of the Waffen-SS' was published privately in a limited edition of 500 copies.

Helion are pleased to present a heavily revised and expanded edition of this book which provides the definitive account of its subject, impeccably researched directly from French and German sources, and with assistance from former volunteers. 'For Europe' covers: The formation of the French Sturmbrigade of the Waffen-SS and its engagement in Galicia; The formation of the French Division of the Waffen-SS called 'Charlemagne', including brief histories of its main component parts, namely the LVF and Milice francaise; The bitter fighting and and massacre of 'Charlemagne' on the Eastern Front, in Pomerania 1945; The reformation of 'Charlemagne'; A blow-by-blow account of the French Sturmbataillon in the final battle for Berlin. The French Waffen-SS in NW Europe 1944-45, including a new and detailed study of the events surrounding the murder of 12 French volunteers of the Waffen-SS at Bad Reichenhall with information provided by a relative of one of those murdered; The story of a French nurse of the Waffen-SS; New material on the French volunteers who served with the NSKK and SK-OT; The post-war years; The former French volunteers of the Waffen-SS who fought in the ranks of the BILOM in Indochina

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Helion & Company
187462268X / 9781874622680
Hardback
01/01/2005
United Kingdom
English
424 p.
23 cm
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