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To: lqclamar
Most of the West African muslims were forced conscripts rounded up in the early days of the war by the colonial press gang, and most of these were not even mobilized by the time France surrendered in 1940.

This is patently false and you know it. Stop lying and stop insulting veterans throughout the war who came to the service through a draft.

Most of the West African french colonies were under the control of the Vichy regime...and yes, they supplied Muslim soldiers to Hitler under the Legion des Volontaires Francais that was later incorporated into the Charlemagne Division of the SS, which defended against the final seige of Berlin.

There were no West Africans defending Berlin. Stop lying.

218 posted on 02/20/2007 11:47:26 AM PST by zimdog
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To: zimdog
There were no West Africans defending Berlin. Stop lying.

http://www.axishistory.com/index.php?id=877

"Légion des Volontaires Français (LVF), or Infanterie Regiment 638, as it was know to the Germans, was formed July 1941. It was sent to Debica, Poland, for training and it remained there until Oct when it was sent to the Eastern Front attached to 7. Infanterie-Division. It suffered heavy losses during the Soviet winter offensive and the 2. Battalion was almost destroyed but a 3. Battalion was formed from new volunteers (including some 200 colored, mainly arabs from Algeria).

After these losses it operated as individual battalions rather than as a single unit fighting the partisans. It continued fighting the partisans during 1943 but was once again used as a single unit when the all the battalions were attached to 286. Sicherungs-Division.

It merged with Französische SS-Freiwilligen-Sturmbrigade Sep 1944 to form the Waffen-Grenadier Brigade der SS Charlemange."

On April 24, 1945 the last survivors of the 33rd Waffen-SS Charlemagne were transferred to Berlin. They were also the last reinforcements to arrive before the city fell. Only 30 out of 350 survived.

221 posted on 02/20/2007 12:14:56 PM PST by lqclamar ("That's it, Seth, you can't blame them. It's want of education. That's all it is.")
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