The Dutch Volunteer Legion on the Eastern Front – Dutch Waffen-SS Volunteers during World War II
February 3, 2021
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as posted by the channelThe Dutch Volunteer Legion (Vrijwilligerslegion Nederland / Freiwilligen-Legion Niederlande) consisted of Dutch Waffen-SS volunteers that fought during the Siege of Leningrad at the Volkov Front and saw action during the Battle of Lake Ladoga. Most noteworthy was Gerardus Mooyman who became the first foreign volunteer in the German forces to be decorated with the Knight's Cross. Regiments were named: General Seyffardt and De Ruiter. Early 1944 these soldiers were stationed at the Oranienbaum Front and, after their retreat, saw action during the Battle of Narva (1944) and the Battle of Tannenberg Line (1944). They were trapped in the Kurland Pocket and most of them evacuated during Operation Hannibal.
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– Dutch Waffen-SS Legion & Brigade 1941-44 (Massimiliano Afiero) [Men-at-Arms 531].
– Veldgrauw. Nederlanders in de Waffen-SS (Evertjan van Roekel).
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