Waffen-SS foreign volunteers and conscripts
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Waffen-SS foreign volunteers and conscripts
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During World War II, the Waffen-SS recruited significant numbers of non-Germans, both as volunteers and conscripts. Of a peak strength of 950,000 in 1944, the Waffen-SS consisted of some 400,000 “Reich Germans” and 310,000 ethnic Germans from outside Germany’s pre-1939 borders, the remaining 240,000 being non-Germans. Thus, at their numerical peak, non-Germans comprised 25% of all Waffen-SS troops. The units were under the control of the SS Führungshauptamt led by Reichsführer-SS Heinrich Himmle
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Recruits for the Waffen-SS in World War II
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Waffen-SS_foreign_volunteers_and_conscripts
date created:
2009-04-07T08:02:48Z
date modified:
2024-09-01T21:09:10Z
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