Blue Legion
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| Spanish Volunteer Legion | |
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| Branch | File:War ensign of Germany (1938–1945).svg German Army |
| Type | Infantry |
| Size | 2,269 troops |
| NicknameTemplate:Pluralize from text | Blue Legion |
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| Commanders | |
| Notable commanders | Antonio García Navarro |
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The Blue Legion (Template:Langx; Template:Langx), officially called the Spanish Volunteer Legion (Template:Langx; Template:Langx), was a volunteer legion created from 2,133 falangist volunteers who remained behind at the Eastern Front after most of the Spanish Blue Division was withdrawn in October 1943 because Francisco Franco had started negotiations with the Allies. It officially consisted of two battalions. It was later estimated that the legion grew to over 3,000 Spaniards.[citation needed]
A certain number of Spanish volunteers refused to return to Spain and remained on the Eastern Front, integrated into different German units. Some of them would continue to fight until the end of World War II. The 101st SS Spanish Volunteer Company (Template:Langx) of 140 men, composed of four rifle platoons and one staff platoon, was attached to the 28th SS Volunteer Grenadier Division Wallonien (the Walloon Legion) and fought against the Soviets in Pomerania and Brandenburg.[1] Under the command of Miguel Ezquerra, remnants of the legion defended Berlin against an overwhelming Soviet assault from April-May 1945. They fought in and around the central government district of Berlin (Zitadelle sector), which included the Reich Chancellery and the Reichstag, being among the last defenders of the Führerbunker.[2]
The troops bore the word ESPAÑA and a red/yellow/yellow/red horizontally striped shield worn on the upper right arm, and a helmet.
References
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- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Julio, Rodriguez-Puértolas (2008). Historia de la literatura fascista española. p. 712.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Childs, David (2009). We Were No Heroes. Grange BS. pp. 76–80. ISBN 9780956397201.
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