French Waffen SS ?

antikristuseke · 04-12-08, 12:21 PM

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Originally Posted by Trex

The Waffen SS at one time or another had 39 divisions. Of these, 15 were formed entirely from non-Germans, including Dutch, French, Hungarian, Belgian, Russian, Italian, Yugoslav, Ukranian, Latvian, Estonian and Albanians. On top of that, there were mixed three more mixed German/foreign divisions with strong contingents from Scandinavia, Latvia and Italy. Then there were still more divisions formed all or in part from ‘ethnic Germans’ – foreigners of German ancestry. The Waffen SS had hundreds of thousands of foreigners in it.

All of that was at a time of war, confusion, state propaganda and such. While it does not excuse treason, it does to some extent help to understand it. With what we know today, the odds of a French Waffen SS starting again are pretty slim.

Which leads us back to Point One – when stupidity is sufficient excuse, don’t bother looking further.

Treason? When it comes to the Waffen SS and its foreginer legion things are not quite as simple as you seem to be making them out to be.
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