The Symbol of the French Volunteer Legion
Recruitment poster for the Légion des volontaires français contre le bolchevisme (Legion of French Volunteers, LVF). In the center is the organization’s emblem that makes use of medievalist iconography in a nod to France’s rich feudal and martial history.
The LVF was a military unit originating as an independent initiative by a coalition of various far-right factions within Vichy France who were disillusioned by the liberalism of the French Third Republic. They fought alongside the Germans on the Eastern Front to defend Europe against Soviet communism, serving as the 638th Infantry Regiment within the Wehrmacht. Many within France at the time saw Germany’s fight in the East as their own, deciding to enlist as a ‘Crusade Against Communism‘ was called by the Germans. Fittingly, the unit was later rechristened the Waffen-SS ‘Charlemagne’ Division, invoking the legendary medieval Frankish King Charlemagne as its patron.
The Charlemagne Division would go on to distinguish itself in the Battle of Berlin, where it remained as one of the last units fending off the insurmountable Soviet onslaught. In a dramatic demonstration of gallantry worthy of their namesake, the Charlemagne Division would make a valiant last stand at the Reich Chancellery, right atop the area of Hitler’s Führerbunker complex where it’s members would destroy 108 Soviet tanks in the process. Indeed, the last defenders of fascism in Europe were none other than these band of patriotic Frenchmen.
Text reads in French: The Symbol of the Legion of French Volunteers Against Bolshevism
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Recruitment poster for the Légion des volontaires français contre le bolchevisme (Legion of French Volunteers, LVF). In the center is the organization’s emblem that makes use of medievalist iconography in a nod to France’s rich feudal and martial history.
The LVF was a military unit originating as an independent initiative by a coalition of various far-right factions within Vichy France who were disillusioned by the liberalism of the French Third Republic. They fought alongside the Germans on the Eastern Front to defend Europe against Soviet communism, serving as the 638th Infantry Regiment within the Wehrmacht. Many within France at the time saw Germany’s fight in the East as their own, deciding to enlist as a ‘Crusade Against Communism‘ was called by the Germans. Fittingly, the unit was later rechristened the Waffen-SS ‘Charlemagne’ Division, invoking the legendary medieval Frankish King Charlemagne as its patron.
The Charlemagne Division would go on to distinguish itself in the Battle of Berlin, where it remained as one of the last units fending off the insurmountable Soviet onslaught. In a dramatic demonstration of gallantry worthy of their namesake, the Charlemagne Division would make a valiant last stand at the Reich Chancellery, right atop the area of Hitler’s Führerbunker complex where it’s members would destroy 108 Soviet tanks in the process. Indeed, the last defenders of fascism in Europe were none other than these band of patriotic Frenchmen.
Text reads in French: The Symbol of the Legion of French Volunteers Against Bolshevism
