At the start of the German occupation of Belgium in May 1940, Flemish recruits from northern Belgium - considered by the Nazis to be \'Germanic\' - were accepted individually into Waffen-SS units.
The Flemish L.
Both communities formed volunteer \'Legions\' to fight (according to Goebbels\' propaganda machine) \'for European civilization against the Bolshevik threat\'.
After Hitler\'s invasion of the USSR in June 1941, additional recruits from the French-speaking south (Wallonia) were also drafted in.
At the start of the German occupation of Belgium in May 1940, Flemish recruits from northern Belgium - considered by the Nazis to be \'Germanic\' - were accepted individually into Waffen-SS units