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Dutch Waffen-SS Legion & Brigade 1941-44 (Paperback)
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Dutch Waffen-SS Legion & Brigade 1941-44 (Paperback)
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Goebbels' 1941 propaganda campaign to present Germany's invasion of
the USSR as a battle for European civilization against Asian
barbarism convinced many men in occupied 'Germanic' European
countries, such as Scandinavia and the Low Countries, to volunteer
to fight on the Russian Front. One of the strongest national
legions of such a kind was raised in the Netherlands, where it was
supported by a large pro-Nazi movement led by Anton Mussert. The
3,000-man Netherlands Volunteer Legion fought on the Leningrad
front in regimental strength, from the Red Army's winter 1941/42
counter-offensive until April 1943. The survivors were then
reinforced to form a 5,500-strong Panzergrenadier Brigade, and
after anti-partisan service in Croatia, they returned to Army Group
North as part of Steiner's III SS Panzer Korps, fighting in the
most arduous battles of 1943-44 until driven back into Pomerania.
In the final months of the war the division formed the nucleus of
the new 23rd SS Volunteer Panzergrenadier Division 'Nederland'. In
this illustrated study of the Dutch Waffen-SS Legion and Brigade,
specialist Massimiliano Afiero explores the full history of this
important formation from its establishment in 1941 until it was
incorporated into the 'Nederland' Division in 1944. Contemporary
photographs and full-colour illustrations support the text and
reveal key details including aspects of uniform and insignia.
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