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French Volunteers on the Eastern Front and the SS Charlemagne 

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After the German invasion of France the Legion of French Volunteers Against Bolshevism (Légion des volontaires français contre le bolchévisme, or LVF) was established. What about this army formation? What role did Vichy France played in all this. And how was the SS Charlemagne established?
History Hustle presents: French Volunteers on the Eastern Front and the SS Charlemagne.
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@HistoryHustle
@HistoryHustle 4 года назад
NORWEGIAN SS-VOLUNTEERS: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-F3BPW5WMmDo.html DUTCH SS-VOLUNTEERS: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-bQlF0ia-ABA.html
@dominiquecharriere1285
@dominiquecharriere1285 3 года назад
Many of the last resisting "German" soldiers in Berlin were French from the SS Charlemagne, look for the excellent episode of Mark Felton. Kudos to you Stefan, your videos are well documented and very well built!
@HistoryHustle
@HistoryHustle 3 года назад
Thank you, Dominique.
@joekaput
@joekaput 3 года назад
@dominique yes, I read of them defending berlin too, there were also Himalayan/tibetan troops defending berlin at the end, that0s another VERY interesting and almost unknown event, if you are curious search for it!
@basedkaiser5352
@basedkaiser5352 3 года назад
@@joekaput WTF ?! What were the Tibetans doing in Germany ?
@keighlancoe5933
@keighlancoe5933 2 года назад
That's kinda ironic, because some of the last French troops to surrender were Germans serving in the French Foreign Legion at the Maginot line, and of course some of the last German troops to surrender were Frenchmen serving in the W-SS
@Someone111ify
@Someone111ify 2 года назад
@@joekaput Truly?! Evidence?
@mariostaline5610
@mariostaline5610 4 года назад
Little correction: the Action Française both collaborated AND resist the occupation. The first resistant to be killed by the germans was a royalist, so we can't really say that the party collaborated, but it kind of splited. Btw, nice video👍🏻most of french don't know that. I know a lot more after watching this
@HistoryHustle
@HistoryHustle 4 года назад
Thank you for taking the time to write the correction.
@takedashingen2799
@takedashingen2799 3 года назад
​@@HistoryHustle In fact a big part of the man that joined Charles de Gaulle in London were royalist from the Action Française. People tend to forget that despite being anti-semite and anti-communist, they were also germanophic and collaborate wasn't in their plan.
@justsceptic3085
@justsceptic3085 3 года назад
@@HistoryHustle like said bossuet " the heretic is the guy who has an opinion" ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-92rUQutxToo.html
@felixkowalski4382
@felixkowalski4382 3 года назад
Honoré d’ Estienne d’Orves ?
@filipuucorsu6636
@filipuucorsu6636 3 года назад
👍👍👍👍👍 I put similar comments in the flow
@hermanhedning4220
@hermanhedning4220 3 года назад
In the book "For Europe, The french volunteers of the Waffen-SS" it is stated that Sturmman Mariot carried a french MAS38 SMG during the fighting in pommerania. He apparently brought it with him from his service in the milice. The book also states the use of at least one french 75mm field gun.
@HistoryHustle
@HistoryHustle 3 года назад
Interesting, many thanks for providing us with this additional information!
@Grahamgusbull
@Grahamgusbull 3 года назад
As a supporter of all the armed fighting Bolshevism,I thoroughly enjoyed this excellent video!
@HistoryHustle
@HistoryHustle 3 года назад
ok, thanks...
@alexresa9039
@alexresa9039 3 года назад
Funny every person who makes anti communism a main part of their political identity, always ends up being a fascist
@Grahamgusbull
@Grahamgusbull 3 года назад
@@alexresa9039 but what are you?
@alexresa9039
@alexresa9039 3 года назад
@@Grahamgusbull not a waterhead
@Grahamgusbull
@Grahamgusbull 3 года назад
@@alexresa9039 being a supporter of fascism against communism,does not make ME a fascist!…you still haven’t told me what YOU are?
@edsmith4995
@edsmith4995 4 года назад
Volunteered to work (from home) today, but keep getting distracted by awesome things like this.
@HistoryHustle
@HistoryHustle 4 года назад
Thanks and have a nice home working day, Edward.
@bazzakeegan2243
@bazzakeegan2243 3 года назад
Another great feature....Some members of the SS Charlemagne fought very courageously during the final days in Berlin....Its funny how, nationality, does not necessarily dictate, what makes a man fight to the end.....Happy New Year Stefan! Keep producing, interesting features on what you do best! Peace from Ireland.......................................
@HistoryHustle
@HistoryHustle 3 года назад
Best wishes!
@sleazen8305
@sleazen8305 2 года назад
My french great grandfather was forced to fight in the charlemagne division but he escaped
@stoggafllik
@stoggafllik Год назад
@@sleazen8305 The SS divisions, even till the end of the war, recruited on a very strict basis. Ideological and physical excellence was a criteria. So your grandfather, being forced to fight, would not only have been impossible, it would waste valuable arms and resources that could’ve been better used in the hands of a volunteer willing to fight
@bertrandgeorgeon3992
@bertrandgeorgeon3992 11 месяцев назад
Things were not that simple at the end of the war. SS units had to refill their ranks after huge losses on the eastern front. They couldn't maintain their initial criterias to do so. Did you hear about the "malgré-nous" (against-our-will)? In eastern France, Alsace and Moselle regions had been incorporated by force to the Reich after the defeat of 1940. As a result, starting from 1942, young men from this area were forced to serve in the german forces. The ones who refused had to face severe reprisals against themselves and their families. Most of them were incorporated in the Wehrmacht, but some were sent in SS units. There are many cases similar to the one evoked here. My only questioning here is about the precised SS unit on that matter : for what I know, almost all men serving in the Charlemagne were volunteers, due to the political context of its creation (blend od LVF, Milice and Freiwillige SS, as brillantly explained by History Hustle). But the fact that many Alsacians and Mosellans were forced to serve in different Waffen SS units (which ones precisely, I don't know) is perfectly documented. @@stoggafllik
@stoggafllik
@stoggafllik 11 месяцев назад
@@bertrandgeorgeon3992 I will not repeat common sense. The German army does not waste it's already dwindling resources on unwilling fighters that would be better used on willing fighters.
@heynice7761
@heynice7761 4 года назад
I just love some history before bed.
@eesti1234
@eesti1234 4 года назад
I love it as my side dish.
@marko7172
@marko7172 4 года назад
I love it before falling asleep
@jorgealdridge6665
@jorgealdridge6665 4 года назад
Upon waking up😃
@HistoryHustle
@HistoryHustle 4 года назад
Glad you liked it. Don't get nightmares from it of course!
@panzer-head
@panzer-head 3 года назад
I love it 24/7, but especially with a nice American Cab or Pinot. OK Knob Creek, you got me.
@bassman3235
@bassman3235 4 года назад
Awesome content as always man! It would be awesome if you could do some videos on the French amry of 1940. I'm not even French,but those guys deserve way more attention for their actions in 1940,I'm thinking of Lille,Dunkirk,Stonne and so on... Keep up the great work!
@HistoryHustle
@HistoryHustle 4 года назад
Thanks. French 1940 Army I'd like to cover but there is a lack of copyright free photos. I see what I can do.
@Gloopular
@Gloopular 4 года назад
I recall a certain Guy Sajer encountering French volunteers in the midst of battle on the eastern front. Sajer was half French half German and wrote 'The Forgotten Soldier' an engrossing and now a controversial account of his time in Russia much of it with the Grossdeutschland division.
@HistoryHustle
@HistoryHustle 4 года назад
Thanks for sharing!
@josephvanuxem9671
@josephvanuxem9671 4 года назад
Guy Sajer, was Alsacian, and press ganged in the german army. If I remembered right, having read his book some 44 years ago, he voluntiered to join the GD division just to follow his friend. His mother was german and his father french.
@Gloopular
@Gloopular 4 года назад
@@josephvanuxem9671 Ah yes his friend Hals. Then there was the 'Veteran', Lensen and many other memorable characters.
@cormacsheedy3522
@cormacsheedy3522 4 года назад
Great read . Really enjoyed it .
@romanbrough
@romanbrough 4 года назад
Brilliant book. Very good account of the German army in Russia. Best one I have ever read.
@erhard3178
@erhard3178 4 года назад
In the middle of Eastern Front in June 1944 the French volunteers for some time defended their positions so well that the Soviets thought they face 2 French Divisions. In reality the French had strenght of half-battalion. Source: SS- The Hitler's Instrument of terror by Gordon Williamson.
@HistoryHustle
@HistoryHustle 4 года назад
Thanks for sharing.
@erhard3178
@erhard3178 4 года назад
@@HistoryHustle No problem.
@xvsj-s2x
@xvsj-s2x 4 года назад
Excellent Research and detailed knowledge Thank you for sharing ✌️
@HistoryHustle
@HistoryHustle 4 года назад
Thanks for your message!
@stateagent09
@stateagent09 3 года назад
Love this content! Thanks for educating me continuously
@HistoryHustle
@HistoryHustle 3 года назад
👍
@borja1000
@borja1000 2 года назад
I like these vids that cover a lot of less explored topics with a good range of details. Subscribed.
@HistoryHustle
@HistoryHustle 2 года назад
Awesome, welcome th the channel!
@CaptHollister
@CaptHollister 4 года назад
As a counterpoint, perhaps you can make a future video about the Normandie-Niemen squadron of French volunteers who flew Yak-1s and Yak-3s alongside the Soviets on the Eastern Front. Incidentally, at the end of the war Stalin gifted them the Yak-3s which they flew home. These were incorporated into the Armée de l'Air.
@HistoryHustle
@HistoryHustle 4 года назад
Interesting one!
@gchecosse
@gchecosse 3 года назад
Nota Bene did an excellent video on this.
@yousuck785why
@yousuck785why 4 года назад
Thank you for the videos!
@HistoryHustle
@HistoryHustle 4 года назад
You're welcome!
@yousuck785why
@yousuck785why 4 года назад
@@HistoryHustle :)
@reglisse42
@reglisse42 2 года назад
Your explanation are very clear and instructive, I didn’t know very well this part of my country’s history , very interesting thank a lot .
@HistoryHustle
@HistoryHustle 2 года назад
Thanks for your reply.
@vall6154
@vall6154 4 года назад
Thanks for this video about the the French troops fighting for the German army, I really enjoyed it.
@HistoryHustle
@HistoryHustle 4 года назад
Thanks, glad you enjoyed the video.
@toriidawdy8456
@toriidawdy8456 2 года назад
Classic history hustle ! I had never seen vichy regalia much less that of the charlemagne div. Thanks!
@HistoryHustle
@HistoryHustle 2 года назад
Thanks for replying!
@manfreddreschflegel1067
@manfreddreschflegel1067 3 года назад
Absolutely fascinating.
@HistoryHustle
@HistoryHustle 3 года назад
Agree!
@bennyandersen742
@bennyandersen742 4 года назад
Thanks, I will never stop learning new things about WW2
@HistoryHustle
@HistoryHustle 4 года назад
You're welcome. Thanks for your reply.
@DedMan516
@DedMan516 4 года назад
Great video and channel 💪🏽
@HistoryHustle
@HistoryHustle 4 года назад
Many thanks!!
@anerolabc
@anerolabc 3 года назад
Great videos I love them all.
@HistoryHustle
@HistoryHustle 3 года назад
👍
@anthovision7048
@anthovision7048 4 года назад
Love from Brussels 🇧🇪 Steefan 🙏🏾❤️ I hope to see a video about the Vlaamse SS or Wallonien SS one day Please. Thanks for your good work and research.
@HistoryHustle
@HistoryHustle 4 года назад
You're welcome. In the future I will cover the Belgian volunteers. Might be in 2021.
@TONIOFSFV
@TONIOFSFV 4 года назад
ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-6a9SLQo_uNA.html
@thierrybouchacourt7095
@thierrybouchacourt7095 3 года назад
Funny : Vlaams and Walloons that hâte each eather in two différents WSS division.
@johnmurdoch3083
@johnmurdoch3083 3 года назад
I have degrelles book sitting on a shelf waiting to be read..the man was vain but he certainly lived an interesting life.
@rsocor01
@rsocor01 4 года назад
I thought that I knew almost everything about ww2. Today I've got a humbling experience with this new video. I didn't know about these French volunteers. :)
@HistoryHustle
@HistoryHustle 4 года назад
Thanks! Glad you found it interesting.
@MayDayMei98
@MayDayMei98 4 года назад
I wish you'd been my history teacher. You're much more passionate than the US history teacher I had in my senior year of highschool.
@HistoryHustle
@HistoryHustle 4 года назад
Thank you!
@baptistebrigand5882
@baptistebrigand5882 3 года назад
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@iggyortful
@iggyortful 3 года назад
Can you do one on the 250th Infantry Division " The Spanish Blue Division " ?? Keep the great videos coming 👍!!
@HistoryHustle
@HistoryHustle 3 года назад
Expect somewhere in November / December.
@frankwhite3406
@frankwhite3406 4 года назад
A most interesting episode indeed.
@HistoryHustle
@HistoryHustle 4 года назад
Thank you!
@General.Longstreet
@General.Longstreet Год назад
Fascinating stuff!
@HistoryHustle
@HistoryHustle Год назад
👍
@alandeweld3059
@alandeweld3059 3 года назад
Charlemagne's French SS were the last formed unit to enter Berlin before the city was surrounded. They surrendered after losing 90% of their troops on May 2, preventing Stalin from taking the city on May 1.
@HistoryHustle
@HistoryHustle 3 года назад
That sure made a world of difference...
@gringologie9302
@gringologie9302 3 года назад
@@HistoryHustle yes that was. May 1 was a very symbolic day anniversary for stalin.
@zacht1217
@zacht1217 3 года назад
Love your videos keep it up brother
@HistoryHustle
@HistoryHustle 3 года назад
👍thank you.
@sjabloon12
@sjabloon12 4 года назад
Everytime I watch a video of Mark Felton I always get here. Not that I mind, but I think it has to do with the youtube algorithm.
@HistoryHustle
@HistoryHustle 4 года назад
More people mention this. I don't mind ☺️
@billd.iniowa2263
@billd.iniowa2263 3 года назад
@@HistoryHustle I'd call it a pretty big compliment. ;-)
@panzer-head
@panzer-head 3 года назад
Well, the channel you get directed to is “History Hustle”
@IRON-HENRY
@IRON-HENRY 3 года назад
Mark Felton makes great Vids!
@davidxu6289
@davidxu6289 3 года назад
I have my first day of school tomorrow but I just found your videos. They are all very entertaining!
@HistoryHustle
@HistoryHustle 3 года назад
Great to hear. Good luck on school!
@davidxu6289
@davidxu6289 3 года назад
@@HistoryHustle thanks! Hope you have a good day as well!
@dutchigamemania
@dutchigamemania 4 года назад
Lekker stefan, altijd weer goede video's !
@HistoryHustle
@HistoryHustle 4 года назад
Bedankt!!
@kd2612
@kd2612 3 года назад
Groot Nederlands fur alles front! Van severen mit uns ! Verdinaso van noordfrankrijk! Hou zee!
@WrongholeReagan
@WrongholeReagan 4 года назад
Great vid as always. Would you be interested in making a video on the 1940 invasion of Belgium?
@HistoryHustle
@HistoryHustle 4 года назад
Will do in the future somewhere but cannot tell when.
@johnmurdoch3083
@johnmurdoch3083 3 года назад
I read an interesting anecdote where a French general (I think leclerc) captured some French ss and asked why they were wearing german uniforms and one of the frenchmen retorted "why are you wearing an american uniform." Leclerc has them all shot for that. I think it demonstrates the gray area here in france specifically between the vichy aligned and the allied aligned side which unfortunately is ignored after the war when everyone wanted to show off their Resistance credentials.
@HistoryHustle
@HistoryHustle 3 года назад
I've noticed that too somewhere. Thanks for sharing this.
@phlm9038
@phlm9038 2 года назад
And 25 years later you had many leftists in France who pretended that the resistance never had existed and that everyone was a collaborator. Luckily you have today historians like Dominique Lormier to set the record straight.
@saharajat2557
@saharajat2557 4 года назад
Great video Stefan! I think you should cover the Danish Free Corps next. As you covered France the Netherlands and Norway but you missed Denmark.
@HistoryHustle
@HistoryHustle 4 года назад
Thanks Steve and yes, much more to cover there is.
@bouchacourtthierry8506
@bouchacourtthierry8506 4 года назад
Flander ...Wallonia ...others !!!
@haroldearlgray5629
@haroldearlgray5629 4 года назад
Very cool video
@HistoryHustle
@HistoryHustle 4 года назад
Many thanks!
@davidtarbuck4166
@davidtarbuck4166 3 года назад
These videos are amazing…. Thanks so much for making them and highlighting the fight against Bolshevism
@HistoryHustle
@HistoryHustle 3 года назад
Thanks for your reply.
@pyro4189
@pyro4189 2 года назад
You know that the SS were the bad guys?... Right?
@ntphong999
@ntphong999 4 года назад
Do a video on the " Malgré-nous ", the Alsacians who were enrolled in the Wehrmacht by force.
@HistoryHustle
@HistoryHustle 4 года назад
Future perhaps. Interesting topic.
@paulmauser5076
@paulmauser5076 3 года назад
130 000 malgré nous d'Alsace et de Moselle.
@lepigeonrhouurhouu5759
@lepigeonrhouurhouu5759 2 года назад
Oui enfin ça reste un peu un mythe pour le coup. On ce rappel de ces alsaciens "malgré nous" qui ont commis le massacre de français comme a Oradour sur glane ou c'était bien des alsaciens qui ont d'ailleurs désobéit aux supérieurs allemand en commettant ce massacre. Donc bon ça m'a l'air plus complexe que ça.
@bottledgrunt6968
@bottledgrunt6968 4 года назад
Love the videos! Can you do a video on maybe Italian or Spanish volunteers in the Wehrmacht and SS? Thank you
@HistoryHustle
@HistoryHustle 4 года назад
Thank you. Will probably do somewhere in the future.
@edsmith4995
@edsmith4995 4 года назад
@@HistoryHustle The Spanish Blue division who fought on the eastern front have a very interesting history, and would make a great video!
@HistoryHustle
@HistoryHustle 4 года назад
Yes agree!
@edsmith4995
@edsmith4995 4 года назад
@@HistoryHustle Looking forward to it already 😜
@HistoryHustle
@HistoryHustle 4 года назад
Great!
@mammuchan8923
@mammuchan8923 4 года назад
I love these videos on the other nations fighting in the Nazi armies because it digs into the motivation of the soldiers and their psyche. Keep up the good work. PS enjoying watching your travels on Instagram❤️
@HistoryHustle
@HistoryHustle 4 года назад
Many thanks. Great you liked the video as well as my current travel stories.
@krisfrederick5001
@krisfrederick5001 4 года назад
Also pointing out that Germans were not doing this alone, they had a lot of help.
@HistoryHustle
@HistoryHustle 4 года назад
Indeed.
@twistusvonhasburg4000
@twistusvonhasburg4000 Год назад
As a man orignally born in Quebec, i know that at least 3 quebeckers fought in the SS Charlemagne and 2 in the British Free Corps
@HistoryHustle
@HistoryHustle Год назад
Thanks for sharing.
@luxembourgishempire2826
@luxembourgishempire2826 4 года назад
Yes finally!
@mikehydropneumatic2583
@mikehydropneumatic2583 4 года назад
These videos are like Kinder Überraschung ;)
@HistoryHustle
@HistoryHustle 4 года назад
Glad you like it guys.
@mikehydropneumatic2583
@mikehydropneumatic2583 4 года назад
@@HistoryHustle Swap rotors. The eggs are layed, the eggs are not hatched, the eggs are in the basket. End of message.
@DutchVader040
@DutchVader040 4 года назад
Heel snel mijn favorite RU-vid kanaal aan het worden. Iedereen die deze beste man als geschiedenis leraar heeft.... heeft de geschiedenis jackpot gewonnen. Geschiedenis was mijn favorite vak ondanks de saaie leraren. Ben 38 maar zou graag bij uw klas aanschuiven voor een paar lessen
@HistoryHustle
@HistoryHustle 4 года назад
Bedankt voor je bericht, Johan! Er komt nog voor interessants aan. Voel je vrij om ook de oudere video's te bekijken. Dit kanaal bevat er inmiddels meer dan 250!
@surinfarmwest6645
@surinfarmwest6645 4 года назад
One screen has qualifying for the F1 ..... will have to read it later as this screen has my full attention. Excellent video as always, interesting how the far right in France was four groups that never joined up. That's politics and power then.
@HistoryHustle
@HistoryHustle 4 года назад
Thanks for your message.
@missyz2561
@missyz2561 2 года назад
Thanks for this channel and your work! Many answered the cause to save Europe from Communism. Myself come from Sweden and even we had soldiers fighting mainly in 11. SS Freiwilligen-Panzergrenadier-Division Nordland. The last Swede to fall during the war was Ragnar Johansson from Skövde, who fell on the first of May 1945 in Berlin.
@HistoryHustle
@HistoryHustle 2 года назад
Glad you find it interesting. Many indeed believed to fight communism, but since Stalin never had plans to invade Europe (that's a pro-Nazi / revisionist myth) the cause is unjust. Furthermore, many joined because of other reasons.
@missyz2561
@missyz2561 2 года назад
@@HistoryHustle I agree with you and i think there is a difference between people joining the crusade in 1941 and the people who defended Germany when the war turned bad. Many people simple feared what Stalin and the Soviets would do if they won the war. War of cultures, the way of life was at stake in many peoples eyes i would imagine.
@steffannystad
@steffannystad 2 года назад
@@HistoryHustle I think many feared what the Reds did prior to WW2. Clearly, if the Communists had taken Poland, they would have desired to move further west. In addition, there was plenty of political turmoil related to communism leading up to WW2 in western Europe.
@diehard2705
@diehard2705 2 года назад
@@HistoryHustle can you make a video about that? I was under the impression that the Russians wanted to fight the Germans eventually but didn’t necessarily want to take over Europe? I could be dead wrong I just thought I read that somewhere
@renelogtenberg141
@renelogtenberg141 4 года назад
REAL history teacher. Mine could only read from the standard history books and say 'moef' if he wanted you to go....thanks Stefan.
@HistoryHustle
@HistoryHustle 4 года назад
Thanks for your comment, Rene.
@florinivan6907
@florinivan6907 3 года назад
I wonder if Hitler knew that some of the last defenders of Berlin were french. Probably not we can only imagine his reaction to hearing that
@HistoryHustle
@HistoryHustle 3 года назад
Guess so. I think he wasn't too worried with that at this point. We'll never know.
@gringologie9302
@gringologie9302 3 года назад
For sure he knew it, the last german military decorations that hitler gave to soldiers were to some french.
@phlm9038
@phlm9038 2 года назад
@@gringologie9302 A lack of knowledge in the comments ;)
@goodnightvienna8511
@goodnightvienna8511 Год назад
As far as I have been able to research, the unit badge which consists of the Fleur-de-lis, I found an example of one which the Fleur-de-lis is yellow and the other side is blue, but I don't think this was the one stitched on the tunic.
@dieterbarkhoff1328
@dieterbarkhoff1328 11 месяцев назад
My father, born in Leipzig in February 1924, was conscripted - I emphasize 'conscripted' - in February 1941. His first gig was the 6th Army road to Stalingrad. He told me once about the Alsatian Conscripts of his age who fought alongside him, who post WW1 had been forbidden to learn or speak their native language, i.e. German by post-Versailles French Laws. His heart went out to them.
@HistoryHustle
@HistoryHustle 11 месяцев назад
Thanks for sharing this.
@emperorshowa8842
@emperorshowa8842 2 года назад
This is interesting !!! You are a creative man.
@HistoryHustle
@HistoryHustle 2 года назад
👍
@emperorshowa8842
@emperorshowa8842 2 года назад
@@HistoryHustle 👍
@emperorshowa8842
@emperorshowa8842 2 года назад
ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-8KdTChn-pEA.html
@neilkenny82
@neilkenny82 4 года назад
Those fleeing west were captured by the French army and shot out of hand- why miss that part?
@HistoryHustle
@HistoryHustle 4 года назад
Some were but not all. I don't believe this happened systematically.
@edsmith4995
@edsmith4995 4 года назад
@@HistoryHustle That's correct, there is some old footage on RU-vid of SS Charlemagne volunteers Christian de la Mazière and Henri Fenet discussing their involvement in the battle of Berlin.
@HistoryHustle
@HistoryHustle 4 года назад
Interesting!
@edsmith4995
@edsmith4995 4 года назад
@@HistoryHustle Indeed, Henri Fenet gets quite emotional and almost starts crying when he declares "loyal to the end".
@neilkenny82
@neilkenny82 4 года назад
Read ‘for Europe’, stockpile military press. Detailed history of the French forces serving Germany, their actions and deaths. Also ‘Ashes of Honour’, Alan Windgate press, London Written by a veteran of the above French forces from start to finish-Jacques Boulay
@henryquenin6580
@henryquenin6580 Год назад
Great video. I would like to see a video about the action between the Vichy supporting elements of the French Foreign Legion who fought against the DeGaulle supporting elements of the French Foreign Legion in Syria during WWII: Legionaires against Legionaires. Per wikipedia: "...The Syria-Lebanon Campaign of June 1941 saw legionnaire fighting legionnaire as the 13e D.B.L.E clashed with the 6th Foreign Infantry Regiment 6e REI at Damascus. Nevertheless, many legionnaires of the 6th Foreign Infantry Regiment 6e (dissolved on 31 December 1941) integrated into the Marching Regiment of the Foreign Legion R.M.L.E in 1942. ..."
@TimDutch
@TimDutch 4 года назад
Subcribers gaan nu erg snel omhoog! Mag ook wel met deze kwaliteit :)
@HistoryHustle
@HistoryHustle 4 года назад
Geweldig hè, dank!
@memoriesofmychildhood7297
@memoriesofmychildhood7297 2 года назад
Good job Dutch dude.Love your documentaries.
@HistoryHustle
@HistoryHustle 2 года назад
Many thanks 👍
@davidraper5798
@davidraper5798 3 года назад
An interesting subject and a complex one.
@HistoryHustle
@HistoryHustle 3 года назад
Indeed. Hope you found it interesting.
@proshopsportif6219
@proshopsportif6219 3 года назад
Your french prononciation is spot on.
@HistoryHustle
@HistoryHustle 3 года назад
🇫🇷👍
@mitchelfridt5576
@mitchelfridt5576 4 года назад
Stefan, could you maybe tell us something about the 'bende van oss' or 'Affaire Oss'?? It would be really nice thought! Thx anyways 😁
@HistoryHustle
@HistoryHustle 4 года назад
I have seen the movie and know the carnavalesque song. Not really on my list though because it is too niche. But never say never.
@ramO-jp8tp
@ramO-jp8tp 3 года назад
french uniforms with nazi insignia would have been interesting to see in eastern front footage, it’s the little facts like that, that make me love this channel
@HistoryHustle
@HistoryHustle 3 года назад
Great 👍
@krisfrederick5001
@krisfrederick5001 4 года назад
Being half French and half German, I find this is all very conflicting.
@mikehydropneumatic2583
@mikehydropneumatic2583 4 года назад
I don't believe you are a nazi. Be cool, be yourself. Peace from The Netherlands.
@HistoryHustle
@HistoryHustle 4 года назад
Understandable. And thanks for responding Mike.
@ronhuppert2410
@ronhuppert2410 4 года назад
Have you read “The Forgotten Soldier” by Guy Sajer?
@HistoryHustle
@HistoryHustle 4 года назад
No I have not.
@rokadaprliinnysystemyaczno4761
@rokadaprliinnysystemyaczno4761 4 года назад
There are always mamy sides to each story. The history we are taught at school is highly simplified
@anthovision7048
@anthovision7048 4 года назад
I am actually reading La division Charlemagne by Jean Mabire it's such a good book
@HistoryHustle
@HistoryHustle 4 года назад
Interesting.
@EvocatusX
@EvocatusX 4 года назад
I'm looking to buy his series
@albert07071
@albert07071 Год назад
I will check out. Thanks for information
@PaulO-xh7sr
@PaulO-xh7sr 3 года назад
Damn, you're the best historian...
@HistoryHustle
@HistoryHustle 3 года назад
Thanks, Pawel!
@Ok-oj5vu
@Ok-oj5vu 4 года назад
Have you already made a video about de slag om de schelde, because I can't find it.
@HistoryHustle
@HistoryHustle 4 года назад
Ik bespreek de slag hier: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-Kg5GEEMtCsI.html
@Ok-oj5vu
@Ok-oj5vu 4 года назад
@@HistoryHustle ok thanks
@kobegeyskens7327
@kobegeyskens7327 4 года назад
Can you do one about the Flemish volunteers?
@HistoryHustle
@HistoryHustle 4 года назад
Future. Can't tell when.
@Bradandchristinenj
@Bradandchristinenj 4 года назад
Kobe Geyskens This historical topic interests me also. One source of further info is the book; "Lions of Flanders; Flemish volunteers WSS 1941-45' by Richard Landwehr, 165 pgs, softbound. 1996 @ Shelf Books. UK As an American & former resident of Oost Vlaanderen, Stephan's excellent coverage of the important Battle of The Schelde Estuary (pre-requisite to the Allies' utilization of Antwerp port) really helped me understand the bigger picture in 1944-45 Flanders & the Southern Nederlande. Dank u wel !
@kobegeyskens7327
@kobegeyskens7327 4 года назад
@@Bradandchristinenj Thanks i will check it out.
@Bradandchristinenj
@Bradandchristinenj 4 года назад
John Sm. Gee, thanks John. Now I’ve purchased a 2nd hand copy of this book ! I’ve seen it around years ago. “Knowledge is costly, ignorance is more expensive”. Thank you.
@anthovision7048
@anthovision7048 4 года назад
Bonjour / Goeidag de Bruxelles 👀👌🏾 mijn copain
@SafariPilot
@SafariPilot 4 года назад
Do you have an episode on the Belgian volunteers?
@HistoryHustle
@HistoryHustle 4 года назад
Not yet. Future. Can't tell when.
@user-fv1ks8cn2b
@user-fv1ks8cn2b 16 дней назад
j'ai un cousin qui était dans la LVF puis la Charlemagne , a fini la guerre comme prisonnier des russes au camp de Tambov , libéré en 1955 , il a travaillé à l'hotel du Louvre comme clef d'or , maintenant décédé
@HistoryHustle
@HistoryHustle 16 дней назад
Very interesting to read. Thanks for sharing.
@TheSpritz0
@TheSpritz0 3 года назад
There were LOTS of Nazi Militia in France as well, and they fought in battles against the French Resistance...
@HistoryHustle
@HistoryHustle 3 года назад
Sure something for a future video.
@TheSpritz0
@TheSpritz0 3 года назад
@@HistoryHustle The Battle of Glières was the biggest battle the MILICE and Franc-Garde (the Armed version of the Milice) staged against the Resistance...
@TheYeti308
@TheYeti308 2 года назад
Great Guys , Good at their roll .
@HistoryHustle
@HistoryHustle 2 года назад
Don't get the second expression but ok.
@gweltas1372
@gweltas1372 9 месяцев назад
They are traitors, despite their undeniable bravery.
@mr.wololo9927
@mr.wololo9927 4 года назад
Can you do videos about battles or campaigns like the DAK or Stalingrad
@HistoryHustle
@HistoryHustle 4 года назад
Perhaps in the future.
@freakyfishy1
@freakyfishy1 3 года назад
Hello, could you make a video about the Wehrmacht Strafbataillon? Btw, do you speak German ? (I think you have been asked this question already ) Keep up the huzzle
@HistoryHustle
@HistoryHustle 3 года назад
One day I will dive into that. I speak German fairly well. Listening not that great. Reading OK. Writing/grammar: don't ask.
@johnryder1713
@johnryder1713 4 года назад
Leuke video over iets wat niet bekend is, dat klinkt als de typisch Franse uitspraak van "angst rassen colobarators" maar het lijkt erop dat er zoveel beschikbaar waren. Even terzijde, over Nederlandse uniformen, las ik in een boek over Tony Luteyn, een Nederlander en Airey Neave, een Engelsman die aan Colditz ontsnapte met Dutch Kit, veel gemakkelijker om te zetten in geïmproviseerde bewakingsuniformen.
@HistoryHustle
@HistoryHustle 4 года назад
Dank voor je bericht! Zeker een minder bekend stukje van WO2.
@adielstephenson2929
@adielstephenson2929 3 года назад
You missed the payoff at the end, ie what happened to the survivors after the war.
@HistoryHustle
@HistoryHustle 3 года назад
Prison or death.
@adielstephenson2929
@adielstephenson2929 3 года назад
@@HistoryHustle 12 were handed over to the French and were shot for treason, but the main guy was sentenced later to 20 years in prison and was released after just 10.
@domberrardelli449
@domberrardelli449 3 года назад
about the 8.ss sturmbrigade, it never fought the French resistance within France, it was in training from September 1943 all the way to august 1944 when they were first engaged. The unit started as a regiment between august 1943 to march 1944, then as an artillerie regiment in march-aril 1944 and became a sturmbrigade from April 1944 to august 1944. Otherwise your video is pretty interesting!! cheers
@HistoryHustle
@HistoryHustle 3 года назад
thanks
@thierrybouchacourt7095
@thierrybouchacourt7095 2 года назад
That the milice that fough résistants ... And Gendarmerie (GMR) ... résistants were called Terrorists.
@superjohnnygamble6328
@superjohnnygamble6328 4 года назад
Do you know about the British Free Corps? These were a very small number of Brits who fought for the Wehrmacht.
@HistoryHustle
@HistoryHustle 4 года назад
Have to research that.
@robbleeker4777
@robbleeker4777 3 года назад
I didn't know but it does not surprise me
@HistoryHustle
@HistoryHustle 3 года назад
Fair point.
@oveidasinclair982
@oveidasinclair982 4 года назад
France wasn't too kind to the returning and captured French SS soldiers and the Soviets were more than happy to turn their captured French SS over to the French government in 1945.
@edsmith4995
@edsmith4995 4 года назад
True, and it was same for SS volunteers of all nations, who were either imprisoned or executed, including the tiny contingent of British Free Corp SS volunteers.
@edsmith4995
@edsmith4995 4 года назад
@@mathewkelly9968 Some of the British Waffen SS chaps managed to escape the gallows by claiming they signed up in order to sabotage the unit, but their hardcore ideologically Nazi leader was thankfully hanged.
@HistoryHustle
@HistoryHustle 4 года назад
I know some former SS volunteers were sent to Indochina to fight there.
@camm8642
@camm8642 2 года назад
they didn't deserve kindness ss for the most part were some of the worst.
@TheDkdom
@TheDkdom 3 года назад
ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-DvTELkWlB_E.html Could be the answer to your question about french weaponry used by LVF. At 4:32, you can see the rear or an Hotchkiss machinegun. On the original comment, they say that this machinegun was "taken to the ennemy" (As the commentator says that they wear the "european" uniform)
@HistoryHustle
@HistoryHustle 3 года назад
Interesting, thanks for sharing.
@Ok-oj5vu
@Ok-oj5vu 4 года назад
Can you maybe do a video about kamp vught?
@HistoryHustle
@HistoryHustle 4 года назад
Perhaps somewhere in the future.
@theodorossarafis7370
@theodorossarafis7370 3 года назад
actually germans gave the title freiwillinger (volunteers) to formations made by non aryans (eg russians, french, estonians etc) while for aryan nations they had similar titles as german units (norwegians, dutch etc). it is interesting to know why so many europeans who initially fought against the germans later on collaborated with them. we see that more than half of the waffen ss were non germans. i would also like to know the fate of the majority of these collaborators. very good video!!!
@HistoryHustle
@HistoryHustle 3 года назад
Have a whole playlist for you here: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-F3BPW5WMmDo.html
@bouchacourtthierry8506
@bouchacourtthierry8506 Год назад
There were distinction in between : "Aryan" , "nordic", Germanic " ... Wallonians were concidered as Germanic french speaking ... Ukrainians as Untermench... there were also a distinction in between French WSS from the Frankreich Brigade considered as Pure SS and the SS Charlemagne division that was a mixt of LVF vétérans. survivors french brigade SS , milicians ...others ...concidered as volonters ... Wallonians SS were catholics ....Many French SS considered themself as Pagans ...
@arnoldfiebig9776
@arnoldfiebig9776 4 года назад
I expected more! Your interpretations are rather personal or based on the opinions of others. Present historical records to verify your statements.
@HistoryHustle
@HistoryHustle 4 года назад
See sources in the description below.
@whatforaaron2494
@whatforaaron2494 Год назад
The bolt action French MAS 36 rifle saw action on the Eastern Front.
@HistoryHustle
@HistoryHustle Год назад
Ok thanks for sharing.
@matteusgreyling7074
@matteusgreyling7074 4 года назад
I would like if you could make a video about the Dutch settlers in South Africa, it's something I feel isnt taught alot in South African history schoolbooks and books
@HistoryHustle
@HistoryHustle 4 года назад
Not anytime soon. Sorry.
@matteusgreyling7074
@matteusgreyling7074 4 года назад
@@HistoryHustle 👍🏻
@thevoid5503
@thevoid5503 2 года назад
4:45 History is full of such twisted little ironies.
@HistoryHustle
@HistoryHustle 2 года назад
Sure is.
@lloyddizon1604
@lloyddizon1604 4 года назад
I saw an old documentary from those charlemagne units saying 'loyal to the end'. That i think what separates the SS from any other unit in the war. Regardless of what people think about them. Including the misconception of the ss guards in the concentration camps vs the ss units in the frontlines.
@HistoryHustle
@HistoryHustle 4 года назад
There is a distinction but that doesn't make the SS front men innocent. Far from. During the Warsaw Uprising they behaved savagely.
@edsmith4995
@edsmith4995 4 года назад
@@HistoryHustle True, and I'm assuming you're referring to the Dirlewanger Brigade, which would also make a very interesting video, which was essentially a penal battalion comprised of career criminals and sadists, and excelled at brutalising civilians. German reports during the uprising stated that they were ineffective as a combat unit, as were more interested in looting, rape and brutalising the locals . Although it's not been verified, it's suspected the Germans themselves killed their sociopathic commander. Although the SS were obviously fighting for an evil regime, I suspect many of the foreign volunteers genuinely believed they were joining a noble cause, and had a deep felt desire to fight against Bolshevism, however the entire organisation will be forever tainted due to the sheer number of war crimes committed by SS units in general.
@swaders
@swaders 3 года назад
For sure
@HistoryHustle
@HistoryHustle 3 года назад
Ok
@southmanpaw133
@southmanpaw133 4 года назад
A good book on this subject is The Forgotten Soldier by Guy Sajer.
@HistoryHustle
@HistoryHustle 4 года назад
Thanks for sharing.
@risikocontrollingmr.1833
@risikocontrollingmr.1833 3 года назад
Is is? When i remember it right, Guy Sajer has a German mother and he was serving in the Wehrmacht division „Grossdeutschland“. He was never be a member of the SS and he hadn‘t betrayed bis motherland.
@twigman8806
@twigman8806 3 года назад
Could you do a history of the British Free corps
@HistoryHustle
@HistoryHustle 3 года назад
It's planned, but expect 2021.
@mikehydropneumatic2583
@mikehydropneumatic2583 4 года назад
Pétain became from WWI hero to WWII scapegoat.
@HistoryHustle
@HistoryHustle 4 года назад
Crazy turn of events yes.
@mikehydropneumatic2583
@mikehydropneumatic2583 4 года назад
@SSJ So much for communists.
@theleos8
@theleos8 4 года назад
@SSJ Far-right revisionism. Pétain was not forced to collaborate , and did not collaborate to " lessen the burden ". He willingly betrayed France , and uncovered documents by french historians prove that he started to work on the persecution of jews of his own will , without any orders from the nazis
@theleos8
@theleos8 4 года назад
By historical revisionism , I mean exactly what you doing : On the 3rd of October 1940 , in the " free zone " , by initiative of the Vichy regime and annotated by Pétain himself to be harsher than what was initially planned , the first law on the statut of jews is promulgated. It applied to french jews. Very shortly after the Vichy regime was established , Pétain spontaneously and autonomously started to persecute jews , including those with french nationality. Accounts from close collaborators of Pétain says that he personally said that he no longer wanted jews within education and administration. Numerous french jews saw their nationality voided by law. As for your blurb about only the radical right seeing Pétain as a traitor , it is ridiculous and far from the truth if we look at who work security for far-right french political party ( neo-nazis and vichy nostalgics )
@jagdpanther2224
@jagdpanther2224 3 года назад
He has done nothing wrong! FRANCE in 1930s was very corrupted and after the defeat in 1940, France has nothing left to fight but complied with the German occupiers to survive!
@stefancesen3302
@stefancesen3302 4 года назад
Can you do a vidio abaut partezans pls
@HistoryHustle
@HistoryHustle 4 года назад
Future.
@caslinden1373
@caslinden1373 4 года назад
Huts nieuwe video 👍🇳🇱
@HistoryHustle
@HistoryHustle 4 года назад
Yes!
@gordpearce9433
@gordpearce9433 2 года назад
the french ss division " charlemagne " did not have a specific collar tab and wore the ss runes. also they wore the french flag sleeve patch on their right sleeve below the ss eagle and the "charlemagne " sheild was never issued but used as a divisional insignia to reconize them as an ss division...
@HistoryHustle
@HistoryHustle 2 года назад
Thanks for sharing this.
@gordpearce9433
@gordpearce9433 2 года назад
@@HistoryHustle hi...i am from Canada and reenact here,,,just thought i would add a little info in case many of the veiwers never knew...plus keep up the great videos...especially the foregein legion ones,,i reenact a waffen-ss general with 5 Wiking SS Canada and a teacher of history studies of the Wiking division
@jan-jaapblanken144
@jan-jaapblanken144 4 года назад
Ik kijk ook je Nederlandse video’s wil je ook zo’n video maken in het Nederlands. En ook over de Nederlandse ss maken.
@HistoryHustle
@HistoryHustle 4 года назад
Die komt er, over Nederlandse vrijwilligers in de Waffen SS. Fransen niet. Mijn Nederlandstalige kanaal zal op de tweede plaats staan. Het Engelstalige kanaal zal prioriteit blijven hebben.
@sandykristensen8099
@sandykristensen8099 3 года назад
I have seen in a book fore SS units waffen. And they did youse french rifle's and submachine-guns to👍
@HistoryHustle
@HistoryHustle 3 года назад
Okay, thanks for sharing this!!
@wiepllack3874
@wiepllack3874 4 года назад
Can you please tell me what the V on the left arm of a German Nazi uniform in WWII had to say
@HistoryHustle
@HistoryHustle 4 года назад
Good question. I believe this was a rank. Which one I don't know.
@HistoryHustle
@HistoryHustle 4 года назад
Thanks!
@wiepllack3874
@wiepllack3874 4 года назад
@@BangFarang1 Thanks to you now I know what kind of thing mean grandfather was wearing on his arm.
@edsmith4995
@edsmith4995 4 года назад
There was a also a tiny British Waffen SS unit comprised of volunteers recruited from prisoner of war camps, called the British Free Corp. However it's not actually as interesting as it sounds. Only a few recruits were genuinely committed to the Nazi cause, and the remainder were looking for a way out of the camps to chase women and have an easy life. There are unsubstantiated reports a few of them found themselves on the Oder front during the last days of the war, but the Germans struggled to make it combat ready and disbanded them after giving up on the idea.
@HistoryHustle
@HistoryHustle 4 года назад
Yes, thanks for the additional information. Perhaps something for the future to cover.
@joeMama-ls5km
@joeMama-ls5km 2 года назад
You should cover more in depth the russian ss units specifically the 30th Waffen Grenadier Division and the Waffen-Sturm-Brigade der SS RONA/ Kaminski brigade
@HistoryHustle
@HistoryHustle 2 года назад
Already did. ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-cKpj786Sorc.html
@Yartrax-930
@Yartrax-930 25 дней назад
We french during ww2 were like the pirates of the caribbean pistol scene meme, most took no side but we had some in every sides, surrender...yes, but resistance and colaboration, allies and axis, and even taking back some of colonies for a free france and a submitted france too germany...etc. Don't judge us for a single defeat, because we came back very quickly despite a very farfetch situation of everyone in every sides possible. PS : This dude is not bad at all pronouncing french words and quotes, he did good/well.
@HistoryHustle
@HistoryHustle 25 дней назад
@@Yartrax-930 thanks.
@alexandreippoliti6898
@alexandreippoliti6898 2 года назад
There was the last to fight in Berlin to defend the futherbunker. And save germany to the humilate defeat in the symbolic day of the 1 May.
@HistoryHustle
@HistoryHustle 2 года назад
Not sure if they were aware of this themselves. But good point you make here.
@sandykristensen8099
@sandykristensen8099 3 года назад
CCCP. Stalin never sign the Geneve-konvention so the War on the Earstern front " were my Father's unckle was in " Nordland-Division 24 Danmark" was a fair war. But the civilien death's was NOT ok. But in a War people die!! Fact's. I love the way you tell history 👍🎗
@HistoryHustle
@HistoryHustle 3 года назад
Thanks for replying!
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