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I'm curious about the history of Dutch and Danish SS men. Were there many of them in service and were they good quality troops?
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Hmm, if former commanders like Felix Steiner who worked with those volunteers since 1941 were content with them I guess they were good enough.
Being a little nationalistic, Gerardus Mooyman was the first foreigner who recieved the KC , but a lot of others follow. Men like Dirk-Elsko Bruins (Dutch), Remy Schrijnen (Belgian) or Degrelle (Belgian). Showing good military skills, courage and determination for believing in their cause.
Being a little nationalistic, Gerardus Mooyman was the first foreigner who recieved the KC , but a lot of others follow. Men like Dirk-Elsko Bruins (Dutch), Remy Schrijnen (Belgian) or Degrelle (Belgian). Showing good military skills, courage and determination for believing in their cause.
"Klagt nicht, kämpft!"
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Check this site out:
http://www.waffen-ss.nl
Great resource on all the Dutch divisions and units.
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Edelweiss
http://www.waffen-ss.nl
Great resource on all the Dutch divisions and units.
Regards,
Edelweiss
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Edelweiss. wrote:Check this site out:
http://www.waffen-ss.nl
Great resource on all the Dutch divisions and units.
Regards,
Edelweiss
That's right, although I'm also busy updating my own homepage (check sig ) and all the info, data and pics about 5.SS Wiking. Especially the 'Westland' regiment with hundreds of Dutch.
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variation
Small correction. Dutch is not a variation of Deutsch, just a product of confusion. The first are Nederlanders, the second are Germans. In the U.S. some early settlers in Pennsylvania, from Germany, were called "dutch" because of the similarity in sound to english speaking people. They are now known as Pennsylvania Dutch, which should have been Pennsylvania Deutsch. The confusion has trickled down to our times. In Holland the old expression for themselves was "Diets" a "low german" expression of , you guessed it: "deutsch" . This all dating back to the times before the middle ages when Holland indeed was a part of the German influence. Confusing ain't it HN.