Description: Further DetailsTitle: Belgian Waffen-SS Legions & Brigades, 1941–1944Condition: NewEAN: 9781472844316ISBN: 9781472844316Publisher: Osprey PublishingFormat: PaperbackRelease Date: 05/27/2021Item Height: 248mmItem Length: 184mmItem Weight: 170gAuthor: Massimiliano AfieroIllustrator: Ramiro BujeiroContributor: Ramiro Bujeiro (Illustrated by)Language: EnglishSubtitle: Wallonie, Wallonien, Flandern & LangemarckISBN-10: 1472844319Description: 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 In autumn 1944, their survivors were withdrawn from the front and incorporated into two new understrength SS Divisions, 27.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.Country/Region of Manufacture: GBBook Series: Men-at-ArmsGenre: Law & PoliticsTopic: HistoryRelease Year: 2021 Missing Information?Please contact us if any details are missing and where possible we will add the information to our listing.
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Publication Name: Belgian Waffen-SS Legions & Brigades, 1941–1944
Title: Belgian Waffen-SS Legions & Brigades, 1941–1944
EAN: 9781472844316
ISBN: 9781472844316
Release Date: 05/27/2021
Release Year: 2021
Contributor: Ramiro Bujeiro (Illustrated by)
Subtitle: Wallonie, Wallonien, Flandern & Langemarck
ISBN-10: 1472844319
Country/Region of Manufacture: GB
Series: Men-at-Arms
Book Title: Belgian Waffen-Ss Legions and Brigades, 1941-1944 : Wallonie, Wallonien, Flandern and Langemarck
Number of Pages: 48 Pages
Language: English
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing
Publication Year: 2021
Item Height: 0.1 in
Topic: Military / World War II, Europe / Germany, Europe / Western, World
Illustrator: Bujeiro, Ramiro, Yes
Genre: History
Item Weight: 7.4 Oz
Author: Massimiliano Afiero
Item Length: 5 in
Book Series: Men-At-Arms Ser.
Item Width: 5.5 in
Format: Trade Paperback
