Degrelle, Léon - The Burning Souls.pdf
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Léon Degrelle rose to prominence as a newspaper editor & head of the militant monarchist, Catholic, & anticommunist Parti Rexiste.
Following the German occupation of Belgium, Degrelle & his party loyalists enlisted in the Wehrmacht-organized Walloon Legion to aid in the liberation of the peoples of the Soviet Republics. He raised approximately 6,000 volunteers over the course of the war. Degrelle & his men were noted for extreme bravery, brutal ferocity in close quarters fighting, & an indomitable spirit of self-sacrifice.
After the fall of Berlin, Degrelle made a daring escape from the crumbling 3rd Reich. He managed to reach Spain, where he was safeguarded by Franco’s government.
Degrelle expressed no regrets for joining the war on the side of the Axis, defending his own actions & those of his superiors & comrades. He lived in Spain until his death of natural causes in 1994, & remained active in anticommunist & pan-European.