Blue Legion
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blue-legion-164-12748144
title:
Blue Legion
text:
The Blue Legion, officially called the Spanish Volunteer Legion, was a volunteer legion created from 2,133 falangist volunteers who remained behind at the Eastern Front after most of the Spanish Blue Division was withdrawn in October 1943 because Francisco Franco had started negotiations with the Allies. It officially consisted of two battalions. It was later estimated that the legion grew to over 3,000 Spaniards. A certain number of Spanish volunteers refused to return to Spain and remained on
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wiki
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encyclopedia
description:
Unit of Spanish volunteers in the German Wehrmacht during World War II
original url:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blue_Legion
date created:
2003-10-28T18:43:03Z
date modified:
2024-08-29T01:39:54Z
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{"content_url":"https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/df/Blue_division.svg","width":183,"height":191}
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