French Volunteers of the Waffen-SS - Signed

History of the Frenchmen who volunteered to fight for the Waffen-SS against the communist forces of Soviet Russia.

In their brief history the soldiers of the French Waffen-SS demonstrated their fiber as soldiers and human beings in a series of hopeless engagements on the Eastern Front against vastly superior enemy forces.

Wherever they were deployed, they fought with maximum effectiveness and courage despite the odds against them.

Almost two-thirds of French SS troops died on the battlefield or in captivity.

CONTENTS

Foreword
Background to the French Waffen-SS: The L.V.F
The Formation of 8.SS-Sturmbrigade “Frankreich”
Battles in Galicia
Reformation of the Sturmbrigade and Creation of the “Charlemagne” Division
Training of the “Charlemagne” Division
At the Front in Pomerania
Observations on the 33rd SS Division “Charlemagne"
Reformation f the “Charlemagne” Division
The Battle for Kolberg
The Defense of Gotenhofen
Defeat in the Ruins: France’s Last Battle for Europe
Fighting for Berlin: A Battle Memoir
The French Waffen-SS in Bavaria and Italy
Death at Bad Reichenhall: The Karlstein Massacre
SS Kampfbataillon and the Retreat from Mecklenburg
Epilogue

Appendices
Personalities
33.Waffen-Grenadier Division der SS “Charlemagne” (fran.Nr.1) Command Roster
18.SS Freiwilligen-Panzer-Grenadier Division “Horst Wessel”
Counterintelligence Summary
Addendum
Select Bibliography

Richard Landwehr
Hardcover 284pp 137 b&w photos. Contains a sticker signed by the author Richard Landwehr