When everything came to an end in Berlin in 1945 most people imagine the typical crowd defending Hitler's bunker to the last. The reality is however that most of these men were actually French. What on earth were these Frenchmen doing here? What is the SS-Charlemagne? Why did Frenchmen choose to fight for Germany? Why fight a doomed cause? What happened to them? This is the full story of the Charlemagne Division.

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Sources:

Tony Le Tissier - SS Charlemagne: The 33rd Waffen-Grenadier Division of the SS
Robert Forbes - For Europe
Henri Fenet's accounts