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Pour l'Europe
The French volunteers of the Waffen-SS
by
Robert Forbes
Hardcover. 4to. Redwood Books. 2000. 349 pgs. Illustrated with Black and White Plates. First Edition/First Printing. Number 257 of 500 signed limited copies. Signed by the author on the limitation page.
Bound in paper-covered boards. Boards have light shelf-wear present to the extremities. No ownership marks present. Text is clean and free of marks. Binding tight and solid.
This is truly a magnificent piece of research. Previous memiors, primary sources, secondary sources and extensive interviews with former members are all consulted and reconciled where possible. Starts with a summary of the collaborationist movements , brief history of other Franco-German military formations (LVF and Milicens) and extensive detail of the training, formation and action of the Waffen-SS formation. Whilst some empathy with the subject it is objectively written in a scholarary way.
Extremely in-depth study that begins by covering the formation and training. The battles such as the "hell of Pomerania", Berlin, and everything in between are exhaustively covered, finishing with the end at Mecklenburg, often broken down to a day by day basis and blow by blow! All throughout personal accounts are provided, as the author spent years interviewing survivors. Very vivid and personal accounts describe the final days and surrender and uncertain fate of the soldiers. Forbes also tells of the trials following the war and life of the prisoners, and the post war years of many of the survivors. There is even a chapter of members who went to IndoChina after the war fighting for France! I think it is safe to say, little was left out, if a bullet was fired at the French volunteers, it is probably in this book!
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Leaves |
Pages |
Approximate cover size (width × height) |
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cm |
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| folio |
2º or fo |
2 |
4 |
12 × 19 |
30.5 × 48 |
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| quarto |
4º or 4to |
4 |
8 |
9½ × 12 |
24 × 30.5 |
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| octavo |
8º or 8vo |
8 |
16 |
6 × 9 |
15 × 23 |
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| duodecimo or twelvemo |
12º or 12mo |
12 |
24 |
5 × 7⅜ |
12.5 × 19 |
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| sextodecimo or sixteenmo |
16º or 16mo |
16 |
32 |
4 × 6¾ |
10 × 17 |
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| octodecimo or eighteenmo |
18º or 18mo |
18 |
36 |
4 × 6½ |
10 × 16.5 |
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| trigesimo-secundo or thirty-twomo |
32º or 32mo |
32 |
64 |
3½ × 5½ |
9 × 14 |
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| quadragesimo-octavo or forty-eightmo |
48º or 48mo |
48 |
96 |
2½ × 4 |
6.5 × 10 |
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| sexagesimo-quarto or sixty-fourmo |
64º or 64mo |
64 |
128 |
2 × 3 |
5 × 7.5 |
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