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2023-05-18 Europe

Is it true? SS fought en masse in the French Foreign Legion

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Posted by badanov 2023-05-18 00:00|| || Front Page|| [17 views ] Top

#1 Early post-conflict contracting effort.

Posted by Besoeker 2023-05-18 06:57|| 2023-05-18 06:57|| Front Page Top

#2 I have read first-hand accounts from German soldiers who were captured by French troops who were forced into the Foreign Legion after WWII ended instead of being allowed to go home. I even got to talk to one, Wilhelm Gehlen. I have a signed copy of his book.

Posted by Deacon Blues 2023-05-18 07:23|| 2023-05-18 07:23|| Front Page Top

#3 All fairly well known, but still fascinating.

Posted by Rex Mundi 2023-05-18 09:15|| 2023-05-18 09:15|| Front Page Top

#4 Yes. Read Bernard B. Fall's Street Without Joy for some anecdotes about former Waffen-SS serving in Indochina. Great book as is his book Hell In A Small Place: The Siege of Dien Bien Phu.

Posted by magpie 2023-05-18 11:26|| 2023-05-18 11:26|| Front Page Top

#5 Wilhelm Gehlen was at Dien Bien Phu.

Posted by Deacon Blues 2023-05-18 13:00|| 2023-05-18 13:00|| Front Page Top

#6 Fascinating.

Posted by Whiskey Mike 2023-05-18 17:12|| 2023-05-18 17:12|| Front Page Top

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