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55 - The Flemish Waffen SS
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Length:
58 minutes
Released:
Nov 15, 2017
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Podcast episode
Description
Within a year of Belgium falling to the Germans in 1940, Belgian citizens were volunteering to join the Waffen SS to fight communism on the newly formed Eastern Front. Thousands volunteered, and the suffered heavy casualties. I’m joined by Jonathan Trigg author of Voices of the Flemish Waffen SS. He has been gathering the stories of these men and women. What remarkable stories they are, I devoured the book in just two evenings…
Released:
Nov 15, 2017
Format:
Podcast episode
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