Charlemagne Division

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The Charlemagne Division was a World War II Waffen-SS unit composed largely of French volunteers who fought for Nazi Germany, notably on the Eastern Front and in the Battle of Berlin.

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instanceOf Waffen-SS division
foreign volunteer unit
military unit
activeDuring 1944
1945
allegiance Adolf Hitler
alsoKnownAs 33rd Waffen Grenadier Division of the SS Charlemagne (1st French)
associatedWith war crimes by Waffen-SS
branch Schutzstaffel (SS)
surface form: Schutzstaffel
casualties very high in Battle of Berlin
commandStructure under German SS officers
composedMostlyOf French volunteers
conflict World War II
country Nazi Germany
disbandedIn 1945
formationContext collapse of Nazi Germany
foughtAgainst Red Army
foughtIn Germany
Pomerania
garrisonOrHeadquarters Germany
historicalReputation collaborationist unit
ideology Nazism
fascism
involvedIn defense of Berlin
language French
German
legacy controversial in France
namedAfter Charlemagne
nationalComposition predominantly French
notableEngagement Battle of Berlin
opposedTo Allied Powers of World War I
surface form: Allied powers

Soviet Union
participatedIn final defense of the Reich Chancellery sector
partOf Waffen-SS
recruitedFrom French Legion of Volunteers Against Bolshevism
Waffen-SS
surface form: French Waffen-SS units

Milice française
collaborationist French organizations
role infantry
side Axis powers
status defunct
subjectTo SS High Command
symbol French national symbols adapted to Nazi use
SS runes
theater Eastern Front
type volunteer formation
volunteerOrConscript primarily volunteers

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Waffen-SS hasPart Charlemagne Division