num_pages: 208
description: Hitler's Gauls, the first in the Hitler's Legions series on foreign volunteers and their units, is an in-depth examination of one of the least well-known of these divisions, the Charlemagne, recruited entirely from conquered France. Founded late on in the war in the autumn of 1944, the Charlemagne fought hard on the Eastern Front, often motivated by an extreme anti-communist zeal. Hitler's Gauls explores the background to the unit's formation, the men it recruited, the key figures involved in the division, and its organization. It also looks at the formation and training of the Waffen-SS in general and the Charlemagne in particular, and also the uniforms and insignia that members of the Charlemagne division wore.Hitler's Gauls also provides a full combat record of the division during its existence. The book describes the unit's service on the Eastern Front including battles of near annihilation in the snows of Pomerania and the final stand in the ruins of Berlin. Illustrated with rare photographs, and featuring an authoritative text, Hitler's Gauls is a definitive history of one of Hitler's lesser known foreign units of World War II.
language: English
title: Hitler's Gauls: The History of the 33rd Waffen Division Charlemagne
titlecomplete: Hitler's Gauls: The History of the 33rd Waffen Division Charlemagne
genres: Military History
ratings_count: 16
publisher: Spellmount Ltd Pub