Flemish Legion
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flemish-legion-164-12730868
title:
Flemish Legion
text:
The Flemish Legion was a collaborationist military formation recruited among Dutch-speaking volunteers from German-occupied Belgium, notably from Flanders, during World War II. It was formed in the aftermath of the German invasion of the Soviet Union and fought on the Eastern Front in the Waffen SS alongside similar formations from other parts of German-occupied Western Europe. Established in July 1941, the Flemish Legion was envisaged by the Flemish National League as a means of maintaining its
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wiki
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encyclopedia
description:
German infantry division
original url:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flemish_Legion
date created:
2005-03-31T02:46:25Z
date modified:
2024-08-29T00:48:07Z
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13
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