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    During ww2 the Spanish Blue division was created to fight as part of the German Army on the Eastern front......

    Beginning with volunteers it was later reinforced with conscripts...A total of 47,000 served in the division.....

    Though it is believed, and there is evidence that it committed atrocities in Russia......No action was taken by Spain to bring the criminals to justice......
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  • #2
    Originally posted by quinner View Post
    During ww2 the Spanish Blue division was created to fight as part of the German Army on the Eastern front......

    Beginning with volunteers it was later reinforced with conscripts...A total of 47,000 served in the division.....

    Though it is believed, and there is evidence that it committed atrocities in Russia......No action was taken by Spain to bring the criminals to justice......

    The division took part in the siege of Leningrad where an estimated 100,000 civilians died....
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    • #3
      Originally posted by quinner View Post
      The division took part in the siege of Leningrad where an estimated 100,000 civilians died....
      Franco insisted that the division only serve on the Eastern front......So, I presume he was only happy to kill east Europeans and Russians in particular....
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      • #4
        Originally posted by quinner View Post
        Franco insisted that the division only serve on the Eastern front......So, I presume he was only happy to kill east Europeans and Russians in particular....
        to be fair though.......he also liked to kill Spanish Socialists.........

        I presume that even to this day, there are many of his murdering henchmen still alive and living in Spain.......And most likely living off EU handouts......
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        • #5
          Originally posted by quinner View Post
          to be fair though.......he also liked to kill Spanish Socialists.........

          I presume that even to this day, there are many of his murdering henchmen still alive and living in Spain.......And most likely living off EU handouts......
          Becoming part of the German army as the 250TH Infantry Division.....

          The ''Blue'' Division distinguished itself by it's hatred for the Russian peoples....
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          • #6
            Originally posted by quinner View Post
            Becoming part of the German army as the 250TH Infantry Division.....

            The ''Blue'' Division distinguished itself by it's hatred for the Russian peoples....


            As it is estimated that Franco executed up to 150,000 of his fell countrymen, 50,000 of those after the Civil War ended.......

            The ''Blue'' Division would have been well trained in the Art of killing unarmed civilians....
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            • #7
              Originally posted by quinner View Post
              As it is estimated that Franco executed up to 150,000 of his fell countrymen, 50,000 of those after the Civil War ended.......

              The ''Blue'' Division would have been well trained in the Art of killing unarmed civilians....

              After ww2......Many ex members of the ''Blue'' Division joined Fraco's secret police where they engaged in Torture.....
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              • #8
                Originally posted by quinner View Post
                After ww2......Many ex members of the ''Blue'' Division joined Fraco's secret police where they engaged in Torture.....

                The Basque people certainly suffered greatly in their hands.......
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                • #9
                  Brave fellows these,plenty of medals just like the Black & Tans.

                  Soldiers and officers of the Blue Division were awarded:

                  3 Knight Crosses (Oak Leaves).
                  3 German Crosses in Gold.
                  138 Iron Crosses First Class.
                  2,359 Iron Crosses Second Class.
                  2,216 War Merit Crosses with Swords.
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                  • #10
                    Originally posted by jembo View Post
                    Brave fellows these,plenty of medals just like the Black & Tans.

                    Soldiers and officers of the Blue Division were awarded:

                    3 Knight Crosses (Oak Leaves).
                    3 German Crosses in Gold.
                    138 Iron Crosses First Class.
                    2,359 Iron Crosses Second Class.
                    2,216 War Merit Crosses with Swords.

                    Sure was jembo..........maybe they were trying to teach the Waffen SS a thing or two....
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                    • #11
                      Originally posted by quinner View Post
                      Sure was jembo..........maybe they were trying to teach the Waffen SS a thing or two....
                      These lads were well placed to do just that.
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                      • #12
                        Originally posted by jembo View Post
                        These lads were well placed to do just that.
                        well, they were helped out by the Condor Legion.......sort of a tit for tat.....
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                        • #13
                          Originally posted by quinner View Post
                          well, they were helped out by the Condor Legion.......sort of a tit for tat.....
                          Fifty percent of officers and NCOs) were professional soldiers, many of them veterans who had soldiered alongside the Condor Legion during the Spanish Civil War.
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                          • #14
                            Originally posted by jembo View Post
                            Fifty percent of officers and NCOs) were professional soldiers, many of them veterans who had soldiered alongside the Condor Legion during the Spanish Civil War.
                            A few of them ended up defending Hitler to the end.......Ironic, that it was foreign Soldiers that held out against the Russians in Berlin to the last moments....

                            Mainly French SS volunteers....

                            Sepp Deitrich the Commander of the Hitler Guard division had sent his and his officers medals back to HITLER in disgust at their impossible task without proper equipment.....
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                            • #15
                              Vichy French Waffen SS.. Photo from wikki
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