By late 1940, the decision had been made to recruit foreign volunteers into the SS. This began with Danish, Norwegian, Swedish, Finnish, Dutch and Belgian units, but after a short while further nationalities were added; Cossack, Swiss, Croatian amongst many others.
One unit which was created was from a German enemy; the British Free Corps. Recruited from POW camps in 1944, volunteers were given the chance to leave the camps and fight against what Germany called a 'common enemy'; the Soviet Union.
Originally called the Legion of St George, the BFC never numbered more than 70 members and were used mostly as a propaganda tool. It is extremely difficult to find information on the BFC, so it is unknown if they were ever actually used in combat on the Eastern Front.
So, if anyone has any further information....
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