The Story of the Waffen SSEpic: The Story of the Waffen SSLeon Degrelle. Introduction. Before the outbreak of the Second World War, Leon Degrelle was already known as the leader of the anti- Establishment Rexist party in Belgium, and as Europe’s youngest and most dynamic political figure. During the war he became known across the continent for his charismatic leadership and courage in combat on the Eastern Front. Of him Hitler reportedly said: “If I were to have a son, I would want him to be like Degrelle.”His life began in 1.
Bouillon, a small town in the Belgian Ardennes. As a student at the University of Louvain, he earned a doctorate in law. His keen interests were wide- ranging, and included political science, art, archeology and Thomistic philosophy.
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In his student days he traveled in Latin America, the United States and Canada. He visited North Africa, the Middle East and, of course, much of Europe. His natural gifts as a leader were apparent early on. Imbued with a strong Christian ethos, he sought to win support for his vision of a more just and noble social- political order dedicated to the best long- term interests of the people. While still in his twenties, he was reaching out to people in many articles and several books he wrote, through a weekly newspaper he ran, and in numerous speeches. Mussolini invited him to Rome, Churchill met with him in London, and Hitler received him in Berlin. Although often provocative and controversial, people read what he wrote and listened to what he had to say because he expressed himself with clarity, passion and obvious sincerity, and because he dealt with real concerns and issues.
In a few short years he won a large measure of popular backing. On May 2. 4, 1. 93. Rex movement scored a remarkable electoral breakthrough. In a startling rebuke of the Establishment parties, it won 1. As tensions mounted in 1.
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Degrelle sought to counter the drift into another cataclysmic conflict. In September Britain and France declared war on Germany. Events were to quickly prove that the leaders in London and Paris had badly miscalculated. Within a year the swastika flag flew from the North Pole to the shores of Greece and the border with Spain. As war continued between Britain and Germany, the Soviet leaders prepared to seize the opportunity and strike westwards. But Hitler beat them to it. On June 2. 2, 1. 94.
German and allied forces struck against the Soviet Union. It was soon clear to everyone that the titanic struggle could end only in victory for either Hitler or Stalin. With an awareness that this great clash would determine the long- term future of their native countries and of the West, thousands of young men across Europe pledged their lives for a better future in a united Europe, and volunteered for combat against the Soviets. They joined the ranks of the Waffen SS – the military and ideological shock troops of the new Europe. This first- ever truly European armed force would grow to nearly a million men. About 4. 00,0. 00, a minority of the total, were Germans from the Reich. Most of those who will fill the scores of Waffen SS divisions - - including Degrelle and the other Légion Wallonie volunteers from Belgium’s French- speaking region - - were Europeans from outside of Germany.
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These hundreds of thousands of volunteers, and their leaders, understood that after the war this pan- European brotherhood in arms would be the social and political foundation of a new continental order that would transcend the petty national rivalries of the past. All SS men fought the same struggle. All became comrades in arms.
And all shared the same vision of the future. For understandable reasons, the military and political achievements of Waffen SS are not well known today, and even less properly appreciated. Leon Degrelle is one of its most famous soldiers. After joining as a private he quickly rose in rank due to his exceptional courage and proven leadership at the front. He engaged in dozens of hand- to- hand combat actions. He was wounded on numerous occasions. His many decorations for outstanding service and valor included the highest honors: the Knight’s Cross (Ritterkreuz) of the Iron Cross, the Oak Leaves to the Knight’s Cross, and the Gold German Cross in Gold.
He was among the last to fight on the Eastern Front. At the end of the war he escaped surrender and certain death in Allied captivity with a daring and perilous flight of some 1. Norway to Spain. He was critically wounded when his plane crash- landed on a Spanish beach. But once again, he survived.
In the new life he built in Spanish exile, he dedicated his efforts, above all, to keeping faith with his wartime comrades, both living and dead, and in passing on to future generations the story of their epic struggle and vision.- - The Publisher. I am asked to talk to you about the great unknown of World War Two: the Waffen SS.
It is somewhat amazing that this organization, which was both political and military, and which united a million fighting volunteers during the war, should still be largely ignored. Why? Why is it that the official record still distorts or virtually ignores this extraordinary army of volunteers? An army that was at the vortex of the most gigantic struggle, affecting the entire world.
The answer may well be found in the fact that the most striking feature of the Waffen SS was that it was composed of volunteers from some thirty different countries. What cause brought them together, and why did they volunteer their lives? Was it a German phenomenon? At the beginning, yes. Initially, the Waffen SS amounted to fewer than two hundred members. It grew steadily until 1.
Germanic Waffen SS. In addition to men from the German Reich, northwestern Europeans and ethnic Germans from across Europe enlisted. Then, in 1. 94. 1 - - during the great clash with the Soviet Union - - arose the European Waffen SS.
Young men from the most distant countries fought together on the Eastern Front. Few knew anything about the Waffen SS during the years preceding the war. The Germans themselves took some time to recognize its distinctive character. Hitler rose to power democratically, winning at the ballot box. He ran electoral campaigns like any other politician. He addressed meetings and advertised on billboards, and his speeches attracted capacity audiences.
More and more people liked what he had to say, and ever larger numbers elected members of his party to parliament. Hitler did not come to power by force, but was duly elected by the people and duly installed as Chancellor by the President of Germany, Field Marshal von Hindenburg. His government was legitimate and democratic. In fact, only two of his followers were included in his first Cabinet. During these election campaigns Hitler faced formidable enemies. Those who held power had no qualms about tampering with the electoral process. He had to face the Weimar- regime Establishment and its well- financed left- wing and liberal parties, as well as the highly organized bloc of six million Communist Party members.
Only through the most fearless and relentless struggle to convince people to vote for him, was Hitler able to obtain a democratic majority. In those days the Waffen SS was not even a factor. There was, of course, the SA “Stormtroopers,” with some three million men.
They were rank and file members of the National Socialist Party, but certainly not an army. Their main function was to protect party candidates from Communist violence.
And the violence was murderous indeed. More than five hundred National Socialists were murdered by the Communists, and thousands were grievously injured. The SA was a volunteer, non- governmental organization, and as soon as Hitler rose to power he could no longer avail himself of its help. Hitler had to work within the system through which he had come to office. He came to power with major disadvantages.
He had to contend with an entrenched bureaucracy appointed by the old regime. In fact, when the war broke out in 1. German bureaucrats in place had been appointed by the old regime, and did not belong to Hitler’s party.
He could not count on the support of the Church hierarchy. Both big business and the Communist Party were totally hostile to his program. On top of all this, extreme poverty existed, and six million workers were unemployed. Never before had so many people in a European country been out of work. The three million SA party members are not in the government. They voted and helped win elections, but they could not supplant the entrenched bureaucracy in the government. The SA also was unable to exert influence on the army, because the top brass, fearful of competition, was hostile to it.
This hostility reached such a point that Hitler was faced with a wrenching dilemma. What to do with the millions of followers who helped him to power? He could not abandon them. The army was a highly organized power structure. Although only numbering 1. Treaty of Versailles, it exerted great influence in the affairs of state. The President of Germany was Field Marshal von Hindenburg.
The army was a privileged caste. Almost all the officers belonged to the upper classes of society. It was impossible for Hitler to take on the powerful army frontally. Hitler had been elected democratically, and he could not do what Stalin did: to have firing squads execute the entire military establishment.
Stalin killed thirty thousand high ranking officers. That was Stalin’s way to make room for his own trusted commissars. Such drastic methods could not happen in Germany, and unlike Stalin, Hitler was surrounded by international enemies.
His election had provoked international rage. He had gone to the voters directly without the intermediary of the Establishment parties. His party platform included an appeal for racial integrity in Germany, as well as a return of power to the people. Such tenets so infuriated world Jewry that in 1. Germany. Contrary to what one is told, Hitler had limited power and was quite alone.