French and Russian Nazis Defend the Reich - ϟϟ Foreign Fighters Part 3

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As the war turns ever more against Germany, Reichsführer-SS Heinrich Himmler keeps loosening the racial standards of his Waffen SS. More and more non-Germans fill the ranks of his forces. Some of these non-German fighters will be among the last defenders of the Third Reich.

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Hosted by: Spartacus Olsson
Director: Astrid Deinhard
Producers: Astrid Deinhard and Spartacus Olsson
Executive Producers: Astrid Deinhard, Indy Neidell, Spartacus Olsson
Creative Producer: Marek Kamiński
Community Management: Jake McCluskey
Written by: James Newman
Research by: James Newman
Map animations by: Daniel Weiss
Map research by: Sietse Kenter
Edited by: Karolina Dołęga
Artwork and color grading by: Mikołaj Uchman
Sound design by: Marek Kamiński
Colorizations by:
Mikołaj Uchman
Spartacus Olsson

Image sources:
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Dark Beginning - Johan Hynynen
Deviation In Time - Johannes Bornlof
Last Minute Reaction - Phoenix Tail
Last Point of Safe Return - Fabien Tell
Moving to Disturbia - Experia
Please Hear Me Out - Philip Ayers
Potential Redemption - Max Anson
Rememberance - Fabien Tell
ESecret Cargo - Craft Case

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The foreign fighters became some of the most fanatical of the fighters, especially late in the war when it became apparent that they had nothing left to lose.

ternel
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Being a French SS volunteer is such a pathetic career trajectory. You somehow manage to lose WW2 twice.

Twiggierjet
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Kaminski... imagine beeing so brutal and evil that even the SS is disgusted and fed up with you.

Jargolf
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At least they showed up for the series finale, unlike Steiner and Wenck.

Lonovavir
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In Canada we were reminded in 2023 of this history when Parliament invited and gave a standing ovation to a Ukrainian WWII veteran for fighting the Russian invaders of his homeland. It was during President Zelensky’s visit. Everyone involved was embarrassed when it soon turned out Yaroslav Hunka had been fighting the Russians as a member of a Galician (Ukrainian) Waffen-SS division.

IanBerg
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ill never forget the picture of the charlemagne remnants defending the government district. i saw it a few years ago with a caption that had the division name, i had never heard of the french ss before, so i looked it up and slowly realised how fanatical the foreign ss really was and how ironic that last stand ended up being. great video as always and an amazing closing speech to such an overlooked topic

Black.Templar_
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It's kind of hard to believe this series is fast approaching an end. Thank you so much

randomchannel-pxho
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Just want to put a comment here giving a shout-out to Spartacus for reading and replying respectfully to people here, both when people agree or disagree with his words. On just only a few occasions I don't fully agree with something that is said in the conclusions of WAH episodes, but I learned so much from this series and this channel in general. I really appreciate you guys and your work! Greetings from Utrecht

semkoops
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you got a window open? I swear I can hear birds chirping in the background

OnionChoppingNinja
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I swear, by the end of this series, Spartacus's head will explode on his final 'Never Forget'.

fredyellowsnow
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What about Leon Degrelle? The Rexist collaborator who was dubbed ‘Hitler’s son’ who managed to escape to Spain.

remenir
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There have been a few TV interviews here in France of some former French SS of the Charlemagne. The common pattern is that none of them expressed regrets. They never thought, even after many years, to have betrayed.
I remember watching a documentary with Christian de la Maziere, who was captured by the soviets after being wounded. The journalist, at the end of the interview, asked him "do you have any regret now ?", hoping to hear a sorry or some remorse. He said "Yes, I do have one. To not have joined the Charlemagne earlier" 😅

skiteufr
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In the opposite side, "Tovaritch Kapitane Foch-Fournier", former french officer in the red army as tankist, was collecting a numerous number of prisonners of the Division Charlemagne, in his road to the final victory. He finished the War as "Podpolkovnik" (the highest rank as foreigner in the red army i think in the time). ✌️

huguesblondeau
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As always looking sharp Sparti and very well researched and complete explained!

jamesbodnarchuk
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Interesting to note is during the Battle of Berlin, Hitler was deeply disappointed with the defenders of the Reichstag and the parliamentary building. He wanted German SS units to defend but upon hearing French and foreign SS units, he was disgusted by this. He wanted German units to defend a German building.

danielnavarro
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Sometimes I wonder how much Himmler believed his own bullshit.

Sparty, you're a force of nature. You bring a dignity and hypnotic intensity to these horrible topics. You're a joy to watch, even with the darkest subject matter. ❤

history_by_lamplight
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The Game of Poor Life Choices; Epic edition.

obsidianjane
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Really interesting video on an often overlooked subject

RubberToeYT
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Thank you for the lesson.

The impassioned ending is one of your best.

Thank you for all you have done.

shawnr
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As I am prepping and cooking French Onion soup.
Perfect timing ( Chefs Kiss )

markmierzejewski