Neutral volunteers against the USSR?

[K.Kocjancic]

Well, for obvious reasons most of my sources about the Blue Division are in Spanish and I'm not up-to-date on what is available in English on that subject, but I think a good beginning could be Hitler's Spanish Legion: The Blue Division in Russia, by Gerald R. Kleinfeld and and Lewis A. Tambs. I have the Spanish edition and it is quite good and comprehensive. There are also a number of Osprey booklets that can work as an introduction to the subject.

Hi!

Can I just ask you how much in detail goes this book (Kleinfeld & Tambs) into the post-withdrawal time; e.g. regarding the Spanish Volunteers that remained in the German service?

Thanks!

KK

[Ironmachine]

No detail at all. The book just mentions that Spaniards kept volunteering to fight for Germany after the withdrawal of the Blue Legion and that Ezquerra's battalion fought in Berlin in 1945 (the source for that last statement being Ezquerra's own book ).

[K.Kocjancic]

No detail at all. The book just mentions that Spaniards kept volunteering to fight for Germany after the withdrawal of the Blue Legion and that Ezquerra's battalion fought in Berlin in 1945 (the source for that last statement being Ezquerra's own book ).

OK, thanks.

Regards,
Klemen

[Ljotrulf]

Only two volunteers from Ireland served in the Waffen-SS (verified) James Brady and Frank Stringer.

When/how did they join? And did either serve on the Eastern Front?

Both served in the SS-Jadgverband Mitte on the Eastern Front. Brady fought in the Battle of Berlin whilst Stringer ended the war in the South of Germany. Both were tried by Court Martial by the British (they had been serving in the British Army until captured) for aiding the enemy and served a few years in prison.

[Komi]

Both served in the SS-Jadgverband Mitte on the Eastern Front. Brady fought in the Battle of Berlin whilst Stringer ended the war in the South of Germany. Both were tried by Court Martial by the British (they had been serving in the British Army until captured) for aiding the enemy and served a few years in prison.

Cheers, sounds like a story worth looking up.

[Ljotrulf]

"Hitler's Irishmen" by Terence O'Reilly gives an account of the service of bother Stringer and Brady as does Adrian Weale's "Renegades"

[Komi]

"Hitler's Irishmen" by Terence O'Reilly gives an account of the service of bother Stringer and Brady as does Adrian Weale's "Renegades"

Thanks, I'll have a look.