The Grand Duchy of Luxembourg, Belgium’s tiny southwestern neighbor, was invaded by the Germans on May 10th, 1940, and overrun in a mostly bloodless conque…
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During World War II a great number of volunteers from Norway served within the ranks of the German Wehrmacht. Prior to 1940, there were few such volunteers, but after the invasion, their numbers increased dramatically totaling around 50,000 by wars end. Nowhere did Norwegians serve in greater numbers than in the ranks of the Waffen-SS, […]
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The German Army in World War II consisted of a number of different arms, or what many would refer to now as branches or services. During WWII, each separate branch was referred to as being an arm of the German military. For example, the Luftwaffe (Air Force) was an arm of the large Wehrmacht (Army), […]
In January of 1940, an SS-Kriegsberichter-Kompanie (Waffen-SS war reporters company) was established, and its züge (platoons) were attached to the fou…
Of all the Nations Germany overran during WWII, the Poles admittedly suffered what was the harshest and brutal occupation of the entire conflict, the only …
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It is not known when and where exactly the first units of volunteers from the USSR, and from the countries annexed by Russia after 1939, were organized to fight against the Soviets on the German side. Their beginnings were shrouded in great secrecy, for fear of Hitler who was categorically opposed to any form of […]
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