The Dutch Volunteer Legion on the Eastern Front – Dutch Waffen-SS Volunteers during World War II

The Dutch Volunteer Legion (Vrijwilligerslegion Nederland / Freiwilligen-Legion Niederlande) consisted of Dutch Waffen-SS volunteers that fought during the Siege of Leningrad at the Volkov Front and saw action during the Battle of Lake Ladoga. Most noteworthy was Gerardus Mooyman who became the first foreign volunteer in the German forces to be decorated with the Knight's Cross. Regiments were named: General Seyffardt and De Ruiter. Early 1944 these soldiers were stationed at the Oranienbaum Front and, after their retreat, saw action during the Battle of Narva (1944) and the Battle of Tannenberg Line (1944). They were trapped in the Kurland Pocket and most of them evacuated during Operation Hannibal. History Hustle presents: The Dutch Volunteer Legion on the Eastern Front – Dutch Waffen-SS Volunteers during World War II. SUPPORT ME ON PATREON ► https://www.patreon.com/historyhustler SUBSCRIBE ► /channel/UCYLJ8hULBTjTTmJZGL-dq-A INSTAGRAM ► https://www.instagram.com/historyhustle FACEBOOK ► https://www.facebook.com/historyhustler TWITTER ► https://twitter.com/HustleHistory SOURCES – Dutch Waffen-SS Legion & Brigade 1941-44 (Massimiliano Afiero) [Men-at-Arms 531]. – Veldgrauw. Nederlanders in de Waffen-SS (Evertjan van Roekel). IMAGES Images from commons.wikimedia.org. VIDEO Video material from Openbeelden.nl: https://openbeelden.nl/media/1128058/Nederlandse_vrijwilligers_aan_het_Oostfront "Copyright Disclaimer Under Section 107 of the Copyright Act 1976, allowance is made for "fair use" for purposes such as criticism, comment, news reporting, teaching, scholarship, and research. Fair use is a use permitted by copyright statute that might otherwise be infringing. Non-profit, educational or personal use tips the balance in favor of fair use." MUSIC "Division" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/ "Crossing the Chasm" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/ "Constancy Part One" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/ SOUNDS Freesound.org. Wanna join forces and do a collaboration? Send me an email at: historyhustle@gmail.com

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