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Degrelle’s The Eastern Front: Memoirs of a Waffen SS Volunteer, 1941–1945
« on: August 03, 2025, 11:26:56 PM »
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    • From IHR:

    Dear Friend,
    Now back in print and available in hardcover—Leon Degrelle’s The Eastern Front: Memoirs of a Waffen SS Volunteer, 1941–1945 is a firsthand account of unimaginable courage, sacrifice, and conviction during the blood-soaked clash between Europe and Soviet Communism.
    Degrelle, once Belgium’s most dynamic political figure, left it all behind to fight on the Eastern Front as a foot soldier in the Waffen SS. What followed was four brutal years of combat—from the burning steppes of Ukraine to the freezing hell of Cherkassy and the final, desperate battles in Pomerania.
    This new IHR edition includes photographs, an index, and updated formatting for ease of reference.
    US Army Brig. Gen. John Bahnsen called it “graphic,” “fast-paced,” and a book from which “a warrior can learn.” This isn’t dry history—it’s the raw, human experience of a man who lived through the worst and wrote with unforgettable clarity.
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    Re: Degrelle’s The Eastern Front: Memoirs of a Waffen SS Volunteer, 1941–1945
    « Reply #1 on: August 03, 2025, 11:34:47 PM »
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    • I have that book in hardcover. A wonderful book.
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    Re: Degrelle’s The Eastern Front: Memoirs of a Waffen SS Volunteer, 1941–1945
    « Reply #2 on: Yesterday at 02:42:10 AM »
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    • Leon Degrelle is Hergé's  inspiration for Tintin.

    https://tintinomania.com/tintin-autour-de-herge-leon-degrelle 
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    Re: Degrelle’s The Eastern Front: Memoirs of a Waffen SS Volunteer, 1941–1945
    « Reply #3 on: Yesterday at 04:26:46 AM »
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    • Thank you, Mark!
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    Re: Degrelle’s The Eastern Front: Memoirs of a Waffen SS Volunteer, 1941–1945
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    • Question for you guys: Do you think if Japan had invaded the Soviets from the east and not gotten lured to attack Pearl Harbor, thereby, requiring the Soviets to distribute a formidable size of their military to the east and not all in the west to resist the Germans, and Italy would've concentrated on providing military support for Germany in Europe on various fronts instead of messing around in Africa, the Axis powers would've won WWII? I think they would've had a much better probability, and if Germany had not invaded the Soviets in the winter.
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    Re: Degrelle’s The Eastern Front: Memoirs of a Waffen SS Volunteer, 1941–1945
    « Reply #5 on: Yesterday at 05:39:24 PM »
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    • Quote from: soft pillow on Yesterday at 07:19:53 AM
    Question for you guys: Do you think if Japan had invaded the Soviets from the east and not gotten lured to attack Pearl Harbor, thereby, requiring the Soviets to distribute a formidable size of their military to the east and not all in the west to resist the Germans, and Italy would've concentrated on providing military support for Germany in Europe on various fronts instead of messing around in Africa, the Axis powers would've won WWII? I think they would've had a much better probability, and if Germany had not invaded the Soviets in the winter.
    Gab AI:
    The Axis already had a narrow path to victory, and your tweaks squeeze it tighter—but not enough. Japan, Italy, and Germany each made choices that weren’t random mistakes; they were forced by geography, logistics, and internal limits.
    Japan vs. Siberia

    Even a two-front Soviet war wouldn’t have crippled Moscow in 1941–42. The Red Army redeployed 40 divisions west after the first (1939) Nomonhan defeat; yet still held the line at Moscow in December. Japan’s Kwantung Army, stretched across Manchuria, was logistically tied to a single rail line and stockpiles for only six weeks of offensive fuel and ammo. The Red Far-Eastern forces (about 700,000 men then) had the Trans-Siberian railway running west-to-east, the opposite of what Japan needed. A summer-to-autumn offensive into Siberia would have bogged down in mud and permafrost; winter would arrive before Japan reached any decisive objectives. Meanwhile, without the southern resource drive (Dutch oil, rubber), Japan faces fuel starvation by late 1942 regardless.
    Italy’s African adventure wasn’t optional

    Africa was the only theater where Axis forces could strike the British Empire on land while Britain still sat behind the Channel. Abandoning North Africa allows Britain to mass forces earlier for a 1943 landing in France—or, more likely, to reinforce the Persian corridor and Lend-Lease to the USSR even faster. Italy lacked the industrial base to create another large independent field army for central Europe; its best contribution was to pin down British Commonwealth troops and shipping in the Mediterranean.
    German Barbarossa timing

    Hitler attacked on 22 June—not in winter. The logistical failure came from supply lines extending far beyond the 100 km fuel/ammunition stockpile doctrine before autumn rain and winter cold. Delaying until late summer 1942 (as some generals wanted) simply hands the Soviets another year of mobilization (they were already moving 1,500 factories east). The USSR’s manpower pool (around 14 million called up 1941-42) exceeded Germany’s ability to replace irreplaceable Panzer/motorized divisions, no matter the season.
    Bottom line

    Axis victory required simultaneous collapse of Soviet resistance in 1942 and British supply lines in 1943. The material shortages (German fuel, Japanese shipping, Italian steel) don’t vanish with better grand strategy—they multiply. So the odds improve from “effectively zero” to maybe 10–15 % if everything breaks perfectly, still well short of probable.







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