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===International units===

===International units===

The Waffen-SS recruited soldiers, whether of German background or not, from many different ethnic groups across Europe.  The first units were made up of men who were ethic Germans from Western Europe. About 6,000 [[Norwegian]]s volunteered; most of them were assigned to divisions that included both Germans and volunteers from other countries; there were also men who were [[Danish]] (6,000), [[Flemish]] (20,000), [[Dutch]] (50,000), from Norway (6,000), and Finland (3,000); later recruits came from Hungary (20,000), Italy (15,000), Albania (7,000), Estonia (20,000), Latvia (80,000), Romania (50,000), and a number of Spanish and Soviet Union countrymen, as well.<ref>Stein (1984); McNab (2009)</ref>

The Waffen-SS recruited soldiers, whether of German background or not, from many different ethnic groups across Europe.  The first units were made up of men who were ethic Germans from Western Europe. About 6,000 [[Norwegian]]s volunteered; most of them were assigned to divisions that included both Germans and volunteers from other countries; there were also men who were [[Danish]] (6,000), [[Flemish]] (20,000), [[Dutch]] (50,000), from Norway (6,000), and Finland (3,000); later recruits came from Hungary (20,000), Italy (15,000), Albania (7,000), Estonia (20,000), Latvia (80,000), Romania (50,000), and a number of English,<ref>https://australiarussia.com/renegades_ENFIN.htm</ref> Spanish and Soviet Union countrymen, as well.<ref>Stein (1984); McNab (2009)</ref>  The SS employed 238,000 [[Ukrainian]]s.<ref name="JB2013">{{cite book | title=Holocaust in Rovno: The Massacre at Sosenki Forest, November 1941 | author=Jeffrey Burds | publisher=Springer | year=2013 | pages=24–25 | isbn=978-1137388407 | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=lkVGAgAAQBAJ&q=238%2C000+native}}</ref>

One example of foreign soldiers were the 10,000 to 11,000 [[French]]men who served in units the Légion des Volontaires Français (LVF, French Volunteer Legion) and Charlemagne Division of the Waffen-SS. Most volunteered in 1944 and had been members of the Milice Française and other collaborationist groups; they left [[France]] with the Germans to avoid reprisals by the Resistance. Knowledge of their fate if they were captured and sent home made them more fanatic as they fought on the Eastern Front.<ref>Smith et al (1999); Stein (1984)</ref>

One example of foreign soldiers were the 10,000 to 11,000 [[French]]men who served in units the Légion des Volontaires Français (LVF, French Volunteer Legion) and Charlemagne Division of the Waffen-SS. Most volunteered in 1944 and had been members of the Milice Française and other collaborationist groups; they left [[France]] with the Germans to avoid reprisals by the Resistance. Knowledge of their fate if they were captured and sent home made them more fanatic as they fought on the Eastern Front.<ref>Smith et al (1999); Stein (1984)</ref>