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My point for 1941 is that the recruitment was done for helping Finland on the battle field, from 1942 and later recruitment for fighting bolsevism, several foreign SS soldiers fought in Stalingrad and in Berlin in May 1945. You see the difference. |
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While messing around on the net I found this however I wont vouch for its accuracy...
Country/Ethnicity - Estimated # of volunteers- Name of Waffen-SS Units Albanian 3,000 -21st SS Division Belgian: Flemish 23,000 -5th SS Div., 27th SS Div. Belgium: Walloon 15,000 -5th SS Div., 28th SS Div. British Commonwealth (English) 50 -The British Freikorps Bulgaria 1,000 in the Bulgarisches Reg. Croatia (includes Bosnian Muslims) 30,000 7th SS Div., 13th SS Hanshar Div.23rd SS Div. Denmark 10,000 in Freikorps Danemark, 11th SS Div. India3,500 in the Volunteer Legion Estonia 20,000 in the 20th SS Div. Finland 1,000 in a Volunteer Battalion. Hungarians 15,000 in the 25th SS Div., 26th SS Div. 33rd SS Div. Latvia 39,000 in the 15th SS Div., 19th SS Div. Netherlands 50,000 in the 23rd SS Div., 34th SS Div. Norway 6,000 in the 5th SS Div., 6th SS Div.11th SS Div., . France 8,000 33rd SS Div. Italy 20,000 Poland/Ukraine 25,000 14th SS Div. Russian (Belorussia) 12,000 29th SS Div., 30th SS Div. Russian (Cossack) 40,000 XV SS Kosaken-Kavallerie-Korps Russian (Turkic) 8,000 Ostürkische SS, Tatarishe SS Rumania 3,000 Waffen-Grenadierregiment der SS (rumänisches 1) Serbia 15,000 Volunteer Corps Spain 1,000 Spanische-Freiwilligen-Kompanie der SS 101 Sweden, Switzerland & Luxemburg 3,000 5th SS Div., 11th SS Div. Read more at Suite101: Hitler’s Foreign Legion: Waffen SS: Non German Units in the Waffen SS During World War Two | Suite101.com http://www.suite101.com/content/hitl...#ixzz1U2fjuYG3 |
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