Hitler's Gauls: The History of the 33rd Waffen Division Charlemagne: v. 1 (Hitler's Legions) Book

This is a major work of military history - the first new study of one of the least known of the foreign Waffen-SS contingents to appear in many years in the English language, based on primary sources including eyewitness accounts, analyzed and interpreted by a military mind, and narrated in an exciting and fresh style concentrating on the formations fighting record. The book tells the story of thousands of Frenchmen who, for many different reasons, volunteered to wear the SS double lightning flashes and serve alongside their erstwhile conquerors. The author covers the pre-war politics of France that led to the collapse of 1940 and the era of French collaboration with the Germans. He uses eye witness accounts from veterans about their experiences of combat in the hell of the Russian Front and assesses the military impact they had. Read More