Around 300 members of the unit participated in the Battle in Berlin in April–May 1945 and were among the last Axis forces to surrender.
It fought against Soviet forces in Pomerania where it was almost annihilated during the East Pomeranian Offensive within a month. It had 7,340 men at the time of its deployment to the Eastern Front in February 1945. Waffen-Grenadier-Division der SS "Charlemagne" (französische Nr. Avea 7. Waffen-Grenadier-Division der SS 'Charlemagne' (französische Nr. The division also included French recruits from other German military and paramilitary formations and Miliciens who had fled ahead of the Allied Liberation of France (June–November 1944).Īfter training, the Charlemagne Brigade was reclassified as a division as the 33rd Waffen Grenadier Division of the SS Charlemagne (1st French) ( 33. Dup antrenament, Brigada Charlemagne a fost reclasificat ca diviziune ca a 33-a divizie Wennen Grenadier a SS Charlemagne (prima francez) ( 33.
Named after the 9th-century Frankish emperor, it superseded the existing Legion of French Volunteers Against Bolshevism formed in 1941 within the German Army ( Wehrmacht) and the SS-Volunteer Sturmbrigade France ( SS-Freiwilligen Sturmbrigade "Frankreich") formed in July 1943, both of which were disbanded the same month. The Waffen Grenadier Brigade of the SS Charlemagne (German: Waffen-Grenadier-Brigade der SS "Charlemagne") was a Waffen-SS unit formed in September 1944 from French collaborationists, many of whom were already serving in various other German units.
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