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PublisherBloomsbury Publishing
ISBN-101472844319
ISBN-139781472844316
eBay Product ID (ePID)28050400589
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Book TitleBelgian Waffen-Ss Legions and Brigades, 1941-1944 : Wallonie, Wallonien, Flandern and Langemarck
Number of Pages48 Pages
LanguageEnglish
TopicMilitary / World War II, Europe / Germany, Europe / Western, World
Publication Year2021
IllustratorYes, Bujeiro, Ramiro
GenreHistory
AuthorMassimiliano Afiero
Book SeriesMen-At-Arms Ser.
FormatTrade Paperback
Dimensions
Item Height0.2 in
Item Weight6 Oz
Item Length9.7 in
Item Width7.2 in
Additional Product Features
Intended AudienceTrade
Dewey Edition23
Series Volume Number539
Dewey Decimal940.5413493
Table Of ContentINTRODUCTION Belgian fascist movements After German occupation LÉGION WALLONIE Formation and training Eastern Front, 1941-42 SS-STURMBRIGADE 'WALLONIEN', 1943-44 The Dnieper front, winter 1943/44 SS-FREIWILLIGEN LEGION FLANDERN Formation and training Order of battle, October 1941 Eastern Front, 1941-43 SS-FREIWILLIGEN STURMBRIGADE 'LANGEMARCK' Training and organization Order of battle, July 1943 The Ukrainian front The Estonian front Aftermath SELECT BIBLIOGRAPHY PLATE COMMENTARIES INDEX
SynopsisPre-war political parties in both of occupied Belgium's historically separate regions - Wallonia and Flanders - identified with the Nazis, and when Germany invaded Russia in 1941, Volunteer Legions were formed to fight on the Eastern Front. Both units were later enlarged into Waffen-SS assault brigades, and fought stubbornly in some of the hardest battles of the war including the Korsun Pocket and the Tannenbergstellung. This volume, illustrated with rare photos and new uniform plates, explains the changes of organization and title these Legions underwent, and follows them from their origins to their near destruction in the summer of 1944. Book jacket., From the German occupation of Belgium in May 1940, Flemish recruits from northern Belgium - considered by the Nazis to be 'Germanic' - were accepted individually into Waffen-SS units. From Hitler's invasion of the USSR in June 1941, additional recruits from the French-speaking south (Wallonia) were drafted. Both communities formed volunteer 'Legions', to fight (according to Goebbels' propaganda machine) 'for European civilization against the Bolshevik threat'; these were a Flemish Legion in the Waffen-SS and a Walloon Legion in the German Army. Both served on the Russian Front in 1942-43; the Walloon Legion was then also transferred into the Waffen-SS, and the decorated Walloon officer Leon Degrelle became a publicized 'poster boy' for foreign SS volunteers. Both Legions were then redesignated as SS Assault Brigades, and thereafter saw extremely hard fighting in the Ukraine and on the Baltic front. In autumn 1944, their survivors were withdrawn from the front and incorporated into two new understrength SS Divisions, 27. 'Langemarck' and 28. 'Wallonien'. This new account, featuring detailed colour plates of uniform and insignia, recounts the battle history of the French and Flemish-speaking Belgian SS, up to their final transformation into full divisions in the winter of 1944/45., At the start of the German occupation of Belgium in May 1940, Flemish recruits from northern Belgium - considered by the Nazis to be 'Germanic' - were accepted individually into Waffen-SS units. After Hitler's invasion of the USSR in June 1941, additional recruits from the French-speaking south (Wallonia) were also drafted in. Both communities formed volunteer 'Legions' to fight (according to Goebbels' propaganda machine) 'for European civilization against the Bolshevik threat'. The Flemish Legion was incorporated into the Waffen-SS and the Walloon Legion into the German Army. Both served on the Russian Front in 1942-43. The Walloon Legion was then transferred into the Waffen-SS (the decorated Walloon officer, Leon Degrelle, became a publicized 'poster boy' for foreign SS volunteers). Both Legions were then redesignated as SS Assault Brigades and, from then onwards, saw extremely heavy fighting in the Ukraine and on the Baltic front. In autumn 1944, their survivors were withdrawn from the front and incorporated into two new SS Divisions: 27. 'Langemarck' and 28. 'Wallonien'. This new account, featuring detailed color plates of uniform and insignia, recounts the battle history of the French and Flemish-speaking Belgian SS, up to their final transformation into full divisions in the winter of 1944/45., This new account, featuring detailed color plates of uniform and insignia, recounts the battle history of the French and Flemish-speaking Belgian SS, up to their final transformation into full divisions in the winter of 1944/45.
LC Classification NumberD757.85
