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  2. Wehrmacht foreign volunteers and conscripts - Wikipedia

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    Among the approximately one million foreign volunteers and conscripts who served in the Wehrmacht during World War II were ethnic Belgians, Czechs, Dutch, Finns, Danes, French, Hungarians, Norwegians, Poles, [1] Portuguese, Swedes, [2] Swiss along with people from Great Britain, Ireland, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, and the Balkans. [3]

  3. Non-Germans in the German armed forces during World War II

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    [5] Many of the foreign volunteers fought in either the Waffen-SS or the Wehrmacht. Generally the non-Germanic troops were permitted into the Wehrmacht, whereas the Germanic volunteers were recruited into the service of the Waffen-SS as part of propaganda-driven "pan-Germanic army" of the future. [6]

  4. List of foreign volunteers - Wikipedia

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    The 392nd (Croatian) Infantry Division, as part of German Wehrmacht, fought in World War II; The Croatian Air Force Legion, as part of German Luftwaffe fought in World War II on the Axis' side; The Croatian Anti-Aircraft Legion, as part of German Luftwaffe fought in World War II on the Axis' side

  5. Waffen-SS foreign volunteers and conscripts - Wikipedia

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    During World War II, the Waffen-SS recruited or conscripted significant numbers of non-Germans. 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 (mostly from German-occupied Europe ), the remaining 240,000 being non-Germans. [ 1 ]

  6. Legion of French Volunteers Against Bolshevism - Wikipedia

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    The Legion of French Volunteers Against Bolshevism (French: Légion des volontaires français contre le bolchévisme, LVF) was a unit of the German Army during World War II consisting of collaborationist volunteers from France.

  7. Blue Division - Wikipedia

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    The 250th Infantry Division (German: 250. Infanterie-Division), better known as the Blue Division (Spanish: División Azul, German: Blaue Division), was a unit of volunteers from Francoist Spain operating from 1941 to 1943 within the German Army (Heer) on the Eastern Front during World War II.

  8. Category:Foreign volunteer units of the Wehrmacht - Wikipedia

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    Pages in category "Foreign volunteer units of the Wehrmacht" ... (Wehrmacht) 373rd (Croatian) Infantry Division ... Serbian Volunteer Corps (World War II) T.

  9. Category:Foreign volunteer units of Nazi Germany - Wikipedia

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    Foreign volunteer units of the Waffen-SS (3 C, 30 P) Foreign volunteer units of the Wehrmacht (3 C, 41 P) Pages in category "Foreign volunteer units of Nazi Germany"