Afiero, Massimiliano

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 (...)

El 6 de septiembre de 1941, mientras la batalla de Kiev seguía su curso, Adolf Hitler, en su directiva número 35, prepara la futura ofensiva del Heeresgruppe "Mite" en dirección a Moscú. Era la operación "Taifún" (Tifón). La ofensiva hacia Kiev, sin embargo, había retrasado los planes alemanes y (...)

A fully illustrated study of the Wehrmacht's French volunteer units and their actions on the Eastern Front and in North Africa during World War II.It is little known that, in late 1941, French volunteer units were among Wehrmacht troops defending Germany in the first bitter winter on the Eastern (...)