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To: mkjessup
SS Charlemagne Division composed exclusively of non-German troops - and yes, some French - fought to the death in the rubble of Berlin.

Battle for Berlin ... well over half-million casualties total.

16 posted on 08/02/2007 7:02:02 AM PDT by jamaksin
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To: jamaksin

Rather tragic really, the foreign SS had nowhere to go
since going home was not an option.


18 posted on 08/02/2007 7:19:30 AM PDT by rahbert
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To: jamaksin
“SS Charlemagne Division composed exclusively of non-German troops - and yes, some French - fought to the death in the rubble of Berlin.”

As did a 100 man unit of Bosnian Muslims from the 13th Waffen Mountain Division of the SS Handschar (1st Croatian) raised by the Grand Mufti of Jerusalem Mohammad Amin al-Husayni

55 posted on 08/02/2007 8:06:27 PM PDT by Polynikes
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