Walloon Legion
The Walloon Legion (French: Légion Wallonie, lit. "Wallonia Legion") was a collaborationist military formation recruited among French-speaking volunteers from German-occupied Belgium, notably from Brussels and Wallonia, during World War II. It was formed in the aftermath of the German invasion of the Soviet Union and fought on the Eastern Front as part of the German Army (Wehrmacht) and later the Waffen SS alongside similar formations from other parts of German-occupied Western Europe.
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Walloon Legion
The Walloon Legion (French: Légion Wallonie, lit. "Wallonia Legion") was a collaborationist military formation recruited among French-speaking volunteers from German-occupied Belgium, notably from Brussels and Wallonia, during World War II. It was formed in the aftermath of the German invasion of the Soviet Union and fought on the Eastern Front as part of the German Army (Wehrmacht) and later the Waffen SS alongside similar formations from other parts of German-occupied Western Europe.
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28 Ochotnicza Dywizja Grenadie ...... walońska jednostka Waffen-SS.
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28-ма Добровольча Гренадерська ...... не була вищою за силу бригади.
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28-я добровольческая пехотная ...... чём валлонов было большинство.
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28. SS-Freiwilligen Panzergren ...... y v Braniborsku a u Schwerinu.
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28. SS-Freiwilligen-Grenadier- ...... S var förbandet underbemannat.
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Het Waals Legioen was een mili ...... disch kruis van de partij Rex.
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La 28. SS-Freiwilligen-Grenadi ...... dei Rexisti di Léon Degrelle.
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La 28.ª División de Granaderos ...... miento fascista belga Rexismo.
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La 28e division SS « Wallonien ...... francophones issus du rexisme.
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The Walloon Legion (French: Lé ...... British forces in April 1945.
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2,000 men (maximum strength)
7,000–8,000 men (total, 1941–1945)
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Nazi Germany
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* Eastern Front
** Anti-Parti ...... erg Line
** Operation Solstice
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Waffen-SS
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Sleeve insignia of the Walloon ...... distinctly "Walloon" symbolism
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Battalion, brigade and later division, though never larger than brigade-strength.
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Walloon Legion
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28 Ochotnicza Dywizja Grenadie ...... walońska jednostka Waffen-SS.
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28-ма Добровольча Гренадерська ...... не була вищою за силу бригади.
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28-я добровольческая пехотная ...... чём валлонов было большинство.
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28. SS-Freiwilligen Panzergren ...... ligen Sturmbrigade Wallonien).
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28. SS-Freiwilligen-Grenadier- ...... S var förbandet underbemannat.
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Het Waals Legioen was een mili ...... disch kruis van de partij Rex.
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La 28. SS-Freiwilligen-Grenadi ...... dei Rexisti di Léon Degrelle.
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La 28.ª División de Granaderos ...... miento fascista belga Rexismo.
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La 28e division SS « Wallonien ...... francophones issus du rexisme.
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The Walloon Legion (French: Lé ...... erman-occupied Western Europe.
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28 Ochotnicza Dywizja Grenadierów Pancernych SS (1 walońska) „Wallonien”
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28-ма волонтерська гренадерська дивізія СС «Валлонія»
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28-я добровольческая пехотная дивизия СС «Валлония» (1-я валлонская)
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28. SS-Freiwilligen-Grenadier-Division Wallonien
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28. SS-Freiwilligen-Grenadier-Division der SS "Wallonien"
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28. SS-Freiwilligen-Grenadierdivision Wallonien (wallonische Nr. 1)
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28. dobrovolnická divize tankových granátníků SS „Wallonien“
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28.ª División de Granaderos SS Voluntarios Wallonien
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28e division SS Wallonien
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Waals Legioen
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Walloon Legion
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