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The Waffen-SS Division Charlemagne was formed in September 1944 from French collaborationists, many of whom were already serving in various other German units. Named after [[Charlemagne]], the 9th-century Frankish emperor, it superseded the existing Legion of French Volunteers Against Bolshevism formed in 1941 within the German Army and the SS-Volunteer ''Sturmbrigade'' France formed in July 1943.  The division also included French recruits from other German military and paramilitary formations and ''Miliciens'', who were created by the Vichy regime to help fight the French Resistance.   

The Waffen-SS Division Charlemagne was formed in September 1944 from French collaborationists, many of whom were already serving in various other German units. Named after [[Charlemagne]], the 9th-century Frankish emperor, it superseded the existing Legion of French Volunteers Against Bolshevism formed in 1941 within the German Army and the SS-Volunteer ''Sturmbrigade'' France formed in July 1943.  The division also included French recruits from other German military and paramilitary formations and ''Miliciens'', who were created by the Vichy regime to help fight the French Resistance.   

The massacre at Oradour-sur-Glane on June 10, 1944, four days after the [[Normandy Invasion]] commenced, was committed by the SS Panzer Division Das Reich.  The entire village, 642 people, men, women, children, and the elderly, allegedly for harboring resistance fighters and to make an example for other villages.  The village was burnt following the massacre.  The village was not rebuilt and remains in the condition the Nazis left it as a memorial.<ref>https://encyclopedia.ushmm.org/content/en/article/oradour-sur-glane</ref>  70 years later, the Ukrainian [[Azov Battalion]] adopted the same  Wolfsangel insignia of the SS Panzer Division Das Reich, and the 5th Republic of "democratic Europe" was supporting the Azov Nazis with money, training and weapons.<ref>https://twitter.com/PhilippeMurer/status/1500086419477389318</ref>

The massacre at Oradour-sur-Glane on June 10, 1944, four days after the [[Normandy Invasion]] commenced, was committed by the SS Panzer Division Das Reich.  The entire village, 642 people, men, women, children, and the elderly, allegedly for harboring resistance fighters and to make an example for other villages.  The village was burnt following the massacre.  The village was not rebuilt and remains in the condition the Nazis left it as a memorial.<ref>https://encyclopedia.ushmm.org/content/en/article/oradour-sur-glane</ref>  70 years later, the Ukrainian [[Azov Battalion]] adopted the same  Wolfsangel insignia of the SS Division Das Reich, and the 5th Republic of "democratic Europe" was supporting the Azov Nazis with money, training and weapons.<ref>https://twitter.com/PhilippeMurer/status/1500086419477389318</ref>

The SS Division Charlemagne had 7,340 men at the time of its deployment to the Eastern Front in February 1945. It fought against Soviet forces in Pomerania where it was almost annihilated within a month.  When the [[Red Army]] stormed [[Berlin]], round 300 members of the Waffen-SS Division Charlemagne were defending [[Hitler]]'s bunker and were among the last Axis forces to surrender on April and May 1945.

The SS Division Charlemagne had 7,340 men at the time of its deployment to the Eastern Front in February 1945. It fought against Soviet forces in Pomerania where it was almost annihilated within a month.  When the [[Red Army]] stormed [[Berlin]], round 300 members of the Waffen-SS Division Charlemagne were defending [[Hitler]]'s bunker and were among the last Axis forces to surrender on April and May 1945.