I read a book by a member of the Charlemagne Division, I think it was division but it could have been some other size unit. The author said that his outfit and Skorzeny were bitter enemies.
Despite that, when they were retreating from the Russians, Skorzeny and his men held a bridge until the very last minute, allowing them to escape before blowing it.
“I read a book by a member of the Charlemagne Division, I think it was division but it could have been some other size unit. The author said that his outfit and Skorzeny were bitter enemies.
Despite that, when they were retreating from the Russians, Skorzeny and his men held a bridge until the very last minute, allowing them to escape before blowing it.”
The Charlemagne Division (SS volunteers from France, one of many “Freiwillige Divisionen” from the occupied regions) was one of the absolute last units to fight in Berlin in 1945. They did not cease fighting until after May 1, when they held the site of the Fuhrerbunker, in spite of heavy casualties, just to ensure that the Soviets did not capture it on May Day. Less than a hundred of them survived.