The Complete Life of Leon Degrelle

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  • Опубліковано 2 лип 2024
  • Leon Degrelle has become one of the few names of the Second World War to survive the tide of history. Still, today, millions know who he is. Thousands of other soldiers and politicians alike are only known by a few and yet Degrelle, who held far less important positions than they did, is still so well known today. Why is this? Curiously, few know anything about the man, only his name. Let's find out who the real Leon Degrelle is. What was the Rexist party? Why did it fail? How did Degrelle end up siding with Germany and volunteering on the Eastern Front? How did he spend his time in exile? I will answer all these questions and more. This is the entire life of Leon Degrelle.
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    Sources:
    The Eastern Front - Leon Degrelle
    The Burning Souls - Leon Degrelle
    Leon Degrelle in Exile 1945-1994 - Jose Luis Jerez Riesco
    -- The below was all translated by our Low Countries Correspondent --
    Léon Degrelle: De Führer uit Bouillon - Bruno Cheyns
    Léon Degrelle et l’avenir de Rex - Robert Brasillach
    Notre avant-guerre - Robert Brasillach, pages 246-255
    Eurofascismus und Bürgerliche Dekadenz: Europakonzeption und Gesellschaftskritik bei Pierre Drieu la Rochelle - Benedikt Kaiser, pages 109-115
    Degrelle: oog in oog met de Rex-Leider - Wim Dannau
    Joris van Severen: Droom en Daad - Arthur De Bruyne, page 274
    Chapters:
    Intro: 0:00
    Early Life: 1:43
    Rex: 8:17
    The Fall of Belgium: 34:25
    Baptism of Fire: 43:47
    To Tbilisi by Christmas: 55:18
    The Epic of Cherkassy: 1:09:00
    Megalomania: 1:27:08
    The Great Escape: 1:40:20
    Exile - 1940s: 1:52:15
    Exile - 1950s: 2:07:11
    Exile - 1960s-90s: 2:22:21
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  • @ZoomerHistorian
    @ZoomerHistorian  19 днів тому +124

    Lost in translation: When I mention the Walloon soldiers nickname for Degrelle it isn't 'Modest, I, King of Burgundy' like I say, it is 'Modest the 1st, King of Burgundy', I read it as them mocking him talking about himself but its just a mocking nickname, whoopsie!

    • @Vingul
      @Vingul 19 днів тому +3

      Why would they mock him? Do you mean tongue-in-cheek banter? Guess I'll get it when I watch the vid.
      P.S. maybe that friend who helped you out can get a translation published by Antelope Hill, if he did/does a complete translation of one of those old biographies.

    • @ZoomerHistorian
      @ZoomerHistorian  19 днів тому +13

      @@VingulDegrelle was a bit like marmite I suppose. He had an extremely big ego and so he would either captivate people or completely put them off so there would have been a lot of actual mocking going on behind his back

    • @Vingul
      @Vingul 19 днів тому +6

      ​@@ZoomerHistorian That's understandable, I can see that. He doesn't exactly come off as modest in the television interviews I've seen of him, lol. Actually much prefer his writing to his demeanour when being interviewed. And of course a real sincere sense of purpose (which of course implies importance) and his consciousness of being a leader will come off to many as pompousness.

    • @MIKE_THE_BRUMMIE
      @MIKE_THE_BRUMMIE 18 днів тому +4

      Sounds like old Nigel. The mains attack against him is that he is an ex Banker, I don't think class struggle is the issue today.
      We can have the most working class person seemingly only care about international issues.
      I prefer a British patriot that is upperish class than an internationalist working class stooge

    • @roan2288
      @roan2288 18 днів тому

      @@Vingul Dunno man the priest murder, cuckoldry, constant lying, excommunication, ect. really is enough reason to not simp for the guy.

  • @DIFESA_RAZZA_BIANCA
    @DIFESA_RAZZA_BIANCA 19 днів тому +447

    "A dark future lay ahead for future generations
    of Europeans should Germany lose this war"
    Martin Bormann

    • @thepakistanipotato
      @thepakistanipotato 18 днів тому

      “There won’t be a future for future generations of Europeans should Germany win this war” (good thing they didn’t)

    • @reidawg72
      @reidawg72 18 днів тому +14

      He likely said that bc, as a Soviet agent, he knew USSR policies better than most. I am guessing he likely would be surprised to learn it was the US that would see to the destruction of Europe.
      (And no, we'll never know with certainty if he was a Soviet agent. I happen to think he was.)
      Edit: regardless of why he thought it, what he said was correct. True both literally (pigment) and figuratively (WEF, EU, NATO et al) darker.

    • @heavyrightfoot7947
      @heavyrightfoot7947 18 днів тому +29

      We are living it and its getting literally darker.

    • @dogukan127
      @dogukan127 18 днів тому +8

      Europe peaked after Nazis were defeated mate

    • @eduardovital418
      @eduardovital418 18 днів тому +1

      It happened

  • @SeamHead33
    @SeamHead33 18 днів тому +219

    One of the Last Knights of Europe

    • @12gmkk29
      @12gmkk29 18 днів тому

      **last knight of the nazies
      Since he was involved in the killing of many poles and russians and other European who were considered “inferior “ by the third reich standards
      Fixed it for you

    • @SeamHead33
      @SeamHead33 17 днів тому

      @@purple-25377 DG ?

  • @Russian_Waifu
    @Russian_Waifu 19 днів тому +333

    Degrelle was a brave soldier and a true European patriot.

    • @grantsmythe8625
      @grantsmythe8625 19 днів тому

      Collaborators by definition are not patriots. They're opportunists.

    • @thepakistanipotato
      @thepakistanipotato 18 днів тому +13

      Degrelle was a collaborator who was hated even by those of his own party. And idk about European patriot, the Nazis weren’t exactly kind to all Europeans, just ask the Poles and French

    • @pierrererot6851
      @pierrererot6851 18 днів тому

      I am French and what you just say doesn't make any sense. Degrelle was a true patriot and a hero. So were the soldiers who fought for the Great Europe. Fu** the Allies. HH ​@@thepakistanipotato

    • @peter.a.b.deschaux7728
      @peter.a.b.deschaux7728 18 днів тому +2

      ​@@thepakistanipotatoand the Dutch

    • @trenaceandblackmetal5621
      @trenaceandblackmetal5621 18 днів тому

      Unlike russians

  • @SenorTucano
    @SenorTucano 18 днів тому +104

    It says a lot about Degrelle that his children chose to come and live with him.

  • @fifewithdrums5341
    @fifewithdrums5341 19 днів тому +283

    I love Leon Degrelle, if he hadn't survived the plane crash on the Spanish coast we wouldn't have had as much insight on the third reich without him.

    • @mikeypeinado383
      @mikeypeinado383 18 днів тому +39

      Because the truth will ALWAYS PREVAIL AND HE IS THE LIVING TESTAMENT to gods way of keeping the truth Alive in the world

    • @user-pc8rq3yy9w
      @user-pc8rq3yy9w 18 днів тому +3

      Nah degrelle is a huge liar

    • @mikeypeinado383
      @mikeypeinado383 18 днів тому +43

      @@user-pc8rq3yy9w he was a soldier who fought with honor till the end fool are we supposed to believe a UA-cam troll claim that this exceptional man was a liar??

    • @user-pc8rq3yy9w
      @user-pc8rq3yy9w 18 днів тому +3

      @@mikeypeinado383 zoomer historian has said it himself

    • @organismseven3700
      @organismseven3700 18 днів тому +17

      @@user-pc8rq3yy9w
      Please provide some examples of his lies.
      With the evidence you have proving they are lies.
      If you can't, or won't, provide any examples, I think we can safely assume you are the liar.

  • @againsttheleftandright4065
    @againsttheleftandright4065 18 днів тому +89

    He had two gunshot wounds to the back of his head. Another victim of COVID.

    • @ZoomerHistorian
      @ZoomerHistorian  18 днів тому +32

      Was Pessl vaxxed?

    • @jesusgonzalez-acton8045
      @jesusgonzalez-acton8045 18 днів тому +10

      The cucking story is interesting to me because he was allowed to correct the injury. A society and a time that tacitly permitted that, prob helped keep the institution of marriage alive for longer lol. I can imagine it’d be somewhat easier to forgive and stay with your spouse (as a man) if you feel you at least didn’t take the insult to your pride laying down.

    • @SenorTucano
      @SenorTucano 18 днів тому +1

      I think it was actually climate change

    • @gratefulguy4130
      @gratefulguy4130 14 днів тому +5

      @@jesusgonzalez-acton8045 There's more than just pride involved but yes, a person should be able to respond (for the most part) as if to an attack on their life.

  • @pantsumonster
    @pantsumonster 19 днів тому +114

    One of the most based men who ever lived.

  • @chadplow824
    @chadplow824 18 днів тому +95

    I don’t think any man cheated death more times than Leon Degrelle.

    • @donjuanmckenzie4897
      @donjuanmckenzie4897 18 днів тому +10

      And so, the Belgian politician cheated death once more, and Europe was forever changed.

    • @alexlex1342
      @alexlex1342 15 днів тому +7

      Plot armor

    • @royale7620
      @royale7620 13 днів тому +3

      ​@@donjuanmckenzie4897hahaha GOLD I want a Fallout New Reich game now

    • @XanVicious
      @XanVicious 11 днів тому +3

      Because the truth will always prevail.

    • @glennllewellyn7369
      @glennllewellyn7369 5 днів тому +1

      They will never stop trying.
      Stand tall and proud whenever you are.

  • @Paladin1776a
    @Paladin1776a 18 днів тому +148

    Degrelle was a very unique man, a man of faith, very well educated, a man of letters, and willing to put his life on the line to protect Europe from Communism. A great man.

    • @brantdanger
      @brantdanger 18 днів тому +5

      He was a true Man of the West.

    • @Paladin1776a
      @Paladin1776a 18 днів тому +3

      @@brantdanger Yes, he was.

    • @Bronislaavv
      @Bronislaavv 17 днів тому +1

      Thing are unique , or not ; that simple. Nothing is "very" unique.

    • @Paladin1776a
      @Paladin1776a 17 днів тому

      @@Bronislaavv People who live in glass houses shouldn't throw stones...

    • @80Day_bender
      @80Day_bender 15 днів тому

      He was not a great man. But he was a great Belgian.

  • @TheJudge1933
    @TheJudge1933 18 днів тому +176

    "If I had a son, I would want him to be just like you, a zoomer, and a historian" -Adolf Hitler speaking to Waffen SS general Zoomer Historian

    • @SeamHead33
      @SeamHead33 18 днів тому +15

      Luv it

    • @JaMeshuggah
      @JaMeshuggah 18 днів тому +22

      The allies been real quiet since this dropped

    • @none1426
      @none1426 14 днів тому +4

      Thank you Judge Holden

    • @LordHoward
      @LordHoward 13 днів тому +2

      Lmao

  • @mogenvonbogel7342
    @mogenvonbogel7342 18 днів тому +124

    Leon fought till the end and even after the war he still fought for Europe

    • @scottanos9981
      @scottanos9981 18 днів тому +20

      I can tell he was a good man just because I can imagine how easy it would've been for him just after losing WW2 to denounce his beliefs or at least hide it to make personal gain in a hopeless situation, but he didn't....he wrote on the benefits of nationalism and of course national socialism as early as 1949!

    • @crusader2112
      @crusader2112 18 днів тому +11

      @@scottanos9981 I think that’s what’s most refreshing about him. Regardless of one’s views on NoNoism, seeing a man write about it and fight for his cause his refreshing compared to the German Generals who tried to hide or make excuses for their actions.

    • @admontblanc
      @admontblanc 18 днів тому +4

      ​@@scottanos9981especially considering how he had been doing just that in Belgium before the war, it's actually surprising that a guy like him ended up dying faithful at the most difficult time.

    • @abeedhal6519
      @abeedhal6519 12 днів тому

      @@crusader2112 you are not right

    • @crusader2112
      @crusader2112 12 днів тому

      @@abeedhal6519 Can you explain?

  • @dominikbt7891
    @dominikbt7891 18 днів тому +45

    I’ll be honest when he said that Hitler told him that if he had a son it would be Degrelle. He either actually said it or he said something similar to it. Since you cannot deny that Hitler waited 2 days to see him and told him that he was worried about him. There was clearly admiration for a man.

    • @capoislamort100
      @capoislamort100 15 днів тому +9

      That’s one of the mystic about the man, The Führer clearly loved him. He obviously felt some kind of special connection with Léon and treated him like a son.

  • @marcuscelt7014
    @marcuscelt7014 19 днів тому +131

    We Dreamed of Something Marvellous

  • @DIFESA_RAZZA_BIANCA
    @DIFESA_RAZZA_BIANCA 19 днів тому +166

    "Any society who gets into bed with the dues
    deserves the society they are ultimately going
    to get"
    Charles Lindbergh

    • @nenadpaldrmic
      @nenadpaldrmic 18 днів тому +1

      What does that mean please explain

    • @Unknown31212
      @Unknown31212 18 днів тому

      ​@@nenadpaldrmicreplace dues with j3ws

    • @occiclean349
      @occiclean349 18 днів тому +38

      @@nenadpaldrmic “A country has the dues it deserves. Just as mosquitoes can thrive and settle only in swamps, likewise the former can only thrive in the swamps of our sins.” - Corneliu Zelea Codreanu, For My Legionaries

    • @Bronislaavv
      @Bronislaavv 17 днів тому +18

      @@nenadpaldrmic Saying " Jooos" would get him banned. So consider who won , and the society the victors built, and it should answer the question of whether or not the good guys won.

    • @user-ox7xr8nu4t
      @user-ox7xr8nu4t 12 днів тому

      He actually said that? Wow! What a foresight!

  • @rdalbright1
    @rdalbright1 19 днів тому +62

    Degrelle was a genius in my opinion, and I am sure the bravest man I have ever read about.

  • @Wolfgang-Schnaufer
    @Wolfgang-Schnaufer 19 днів тому +70

    This is one of my top heros. Total badass. Before, during and after the war.

    • @thepakistanipotato
      @thepakistanipotato 18 днів тому

      Being a Germany bootlicker and poster boy of collaborators, doesn’t sound too “badass”. Oh and after his brother was assassinated, he wrote to h!mmler asking for the reprisal killings of 100 Belgians (his own countrymen) and was ignored

  • @MonsieurMoustachio
    @MonsieurMoustachio 18 днів тому +47

    While i dislike the charismatic Narcissist types that are looking for personal fame a little too obviously, you cannot not respect someone who goes from party leader to private at age 35 just to go fight for europe

    • @lindenmanmax
      @lindenmanmax 15 днів тому +4

      I agree, grudgingly, with one qualification: along with his sincere anti-communism, Degrelle showed every sign of being an adrenaline junkie.

  • @Axe-of-Boniface
    @Axe-of-Boniface 19 днів тому +30

    "I've been waiting a long time for this." - Dooku

  • @1neAdam12
    @1neAdam12 19 днів тому +51

    Happy 118th Léon !
    A Great Son !!!

  • @drlobomalo
    @drlobomalo 17 днів тому +20

    As you can tell, he was a beautiful writer. I read "Campaign in Russia" many years ago, which is presumably "The Eastern Front" under a different title.

  • @DIFESA_RAZZA_BIANCA
    @DIFESA_RAZZA_BIANCA 19 днів тому +56

    "What we have to fight for is safety
    of the existence and multiplication of our race and
    of our people, the nourishment of their children and
    the maintenance of blood purity, freedom and
    the independence of the Fatherland, so that ours
    People can mature for the realization of the mission
    which was also assigned to it by the Creator
    of the universe". AH

    • @Nome_e_Cognome
      @Nome_e_Cognome 10 днів тому

      Non riesco a farmi un idea del tipo di pubblico che segue questo canale.
      Tu ti sei fatto una idea?

  • @organismseven3700
    @organismseven3700 18 днів тому +34

    If we lived in a sane world, films would have been made about his incredible life.
    But we don't live in a sane world.
    And I can't think of a single actor who would have been suitable to portray him.
    None of them would be fit to even lick his boots.

    • @reidawg72
      @reidawg72 18 днів тому +5

      Henry Cavill? He's based and he's Superman - so was DeGrelle.

    • @elviadarkgrape2859
      @elviadarkgrape2859 10 днів тому

      @@reidawg72 He isnt. He made an anti-nathzee film killing germans sadistically.

  • @Andy-im3kj
    @Andy-im3kj 19 днів тому +69

    If Leon would see how the state of the world is today he'd be angry.

    • @jonnytwocombs198
      @jonnytwocombs198 18 днів тому +28

      He knew the direction the world was going

    • @prinz89
      @prinz89 10 днів тому +2

      Who cares

  • @KrokLP
    @KrokLP 18 днів тому +34

    I recommend his books. About his time in the Mexican civil war, the political changes 1936-1940 and his imprisonment in 1940 and lastly his vivid frontline autobiography. From marching on the plains through knee-high freezing mud in a hail and snow storm to fighting over oil pipelines in the semi-arid Caucaus mountains.

    • @TheJosman
      @TheJosman 18 днів тому +8

      Leon Degrelle did not attend the Mexican Civil War (also known as Mexican Revolution) but the Cristero War (an uprising between Catholic folk against the secular state)

    • @KrokLP
      @KrokLP 18 днів тому +4

      @@TheJosman You're right. Thanks

    • @RUMPLEforeskin25
      @RUMPLEforeskin25 17 днів тому

      Eastern Front & Exile from antelopehill publishing are the books I've read. They are excellent and inspiring.

  • @martinmorbak8778
    @martinmorbak8778 18 днів тому +40

    « Quand je récapitule, je n’ai qu’un sentiment, c’est un immense regret, regret que nous n’ayons pas réussi, que nous n’ayons pas pu créer ce monde européen qui eut été le maître de l’univers pour toujours, qui assurait à la race blanche, la première des races, la grande domination de l’esprit. Et quand nous voyons ce qu’il y a en face, ce que trente ans de victoire des autres ont donné... Cette anarchie dans le monde... Cette débandade du monde blanc... Cette désertion à travers l’univers... Quand nous voyons dans nos propres pays la décomposition des mœurs, la chute de la patrie, la chute de la famille, la chute de l’ordre social... Quand nous voyons cet appétit des biens matériels qui a succédé à la grande flamme de l’idéal qui nous animait... Eh bien, vraiment, entre les deux, nous avions choisi le bon côté ! [...]
    La petite Europe misérable d’aujourd’hui, de ce Marché commun étriqué, ça peut pas donner le bonheur aux hommes ! La société de consommation pourrit l’humanité au lieu de la grandir ! Alors nous autres au moins nous avons rêvé à quelque chose de grandiose, et nous n’avons qu’un désir, c’est que cet esprit-là renaisse, et, avec mes forces et jusqu’au dernier moment de mon existence, je lutterai pour cela, pour que ce qui fut notre combat, notre martyr, soit un jour la résurrection du monde ! »

  • @valor5985
    @valor5985 19 днів тому +78

    Degrelle had such a monumental personality and strength of character.

  • @SeamHead33
    @SeamHead33 18 днів тому +116

    Based Catholics fought a Crusade 39-45

    • @mrmackey8776
      @mrmackey8776 18 днів тому +5

      Christianity*

    • @SeamHead33
      @SeamHead33 18 днів тому

      @mrmackey8776 yes many millions of non-Catholic Christians fought and contributed, but mostly all of the leaders of the European Right at the time were Catholics. Irregardless, one side was defending European Blood, Christianity, and Western Civilization and the other were defending Evil

    • @SeamHead33
      @SeamHead33 18 днів тому

      @mrmackey8776 yes you are correct, though the leaders were for the most part Catholics

    • @SeamHead33
      @SeamHead33 18 днів тому

      @mrmackey8776 I replied several times but yewtube keeps deleting. You are correct, though most of the national leaders were Catholics

    • @reidawg72
      @reidawg72 18 днів тому +11

      ⁠​⁠@@mrmackey8776Maybe didn't say "Christians" bc Freemasonry was hugely powerful and widespread in Europe at that time and not a force for good. I would argue that The Vatican wasn't a force for good either and they've throughly proved this over the 80yrs since the end of ww2. Edit: i am not disagreeing with the OC. I do think many based Catholics and non-FM Protestants saw it as a crusade. I don't just think it - I know it. They wrote about it and called it a crusade.

  • @PassionateSpirit88
    @PassionateSpirit88 19 днів тому +31

    His speech We Dreamed of Something Marvelous is beautiful and passionate

  • @jhonjhon3715
    @jhonjhon3715 19 днів тому +42

    Probably one of the only Walloons I can stomach as a Flemish man.

    • @screwstatists7324
      @screwstatists7324 19 днів тому +11

      Hahaha. Would you support a Dutch/flemish reunion with the Reich like during the HRE

    • @wtice4632
      @wtice4632 19 днів тому

      Youre all just swamp people

    • @xXWesterlingXx
      @xXWesterlingXx 19 днів тому +23

      ​@@screwstatists7324I as a dutchman would have loved a reunification with the reich in those times. My family voted for Rost van Tonningen for a reason.

    • @jhonjhon3715
      @jhonjhon3715 19 днів тому +22

      @@screwstatists7324 In an ideal world? Yes, very much so, Germanics should unite. As Germany is now? Not at all.

    • @americancaesar4715
      @americancaesar4715 18 днів тому

      ​@@jhonjhon3715 Both Walloons and Flemish are descendants of Charlemagne quit bickering lol

  • @Vingul
    @Vingul 19 днів тому +48

    What a legend. Degrelle is seriously perhaps the single most impressive man I know of from the 20th century, definitely on the shortlist. I recommend his book "The Burning Souls" (beautifully written, like prose poetry) and the biography about his post-war years by José Luís Jerez Riesco, "Léon Degrelle in Exile, 1945-1994".

    • @TheBlackfall234
      @TheBlackfall234 19 днів тому

      most impressive man in the 20th century when the likes of Hitler and Evola were alive ? Nah, impressive man - but not most impressive.

    • @Vingul
      @Vingul 18 днів тому +1

      ​@@TheBlackfall234 I did add "definitely on the shortlist" when also considering Big H etc. I admire Degrelle for certain things that are not true of Big H, and vice versa. Evola wasn't nearly as impressive as Degrelle, though. He was a good writer, not a man of action. Degrelle was both.

    • @TheBlackfall234
      @TheBlackfall234 18 днів тому

      @@Vingul describing evola as "a good writer" doesnt do him justice at all.

    • @Vingul
      @Vingul 18 днів тому

      ​@@TheBlackfall234 that's true, but he wasn't a character like H or LD. By that measure one could mention Spengler or Tolkien as well. I consider Tolkien the greatest writer of the 20th century (after Hamsun anyway, but he wrote in the 19th c. as well) but I mean impressive in other ways in this context.

    • @TheGeezer30
      @TheGeezer30 18 днів тому +2

      @@Vingul Aye. Dagrelle is much what one would call a "Cultured Thug", as vulgar as that may sound. He is of the same cloth as men like Lord Byron, Richard Francis Burton, Phillip Sydney.

  • @seenit_
    @seenit_ 19 днів тому +65

    Degrelle was a hard MF.

    • @thepakistanipotato
      @thepakistanipotato 18 днів тому +1

      Idk if being a collaborationist hated by even those of his own party, the fleeing like a coward to Spain, is “hard”

    • @seenit_
      @seenit_ 18 днів тому +37

      @@thepakistanipotato Dude survived the Eastern Front. That negates literally anything else and makes you hard af. Period.

    • @capoislamort100
      @capoislamort100 18 днів тому

      @@thepakistanipotatowe get it dude, you don’t like the guy, you hate his guts and yet here you are…..

    • @Vingul
      @Vingul 18 днів тому +11

      ​@@seenit_ he also went through enormous trouble in Spain. He was hospitalised for something like 18 months (iirc) after crushing many bones upon crashlanding, then had to avoid being assassinated many times throughout his life.

    • @purple-25377
      @purple-25377 18 днів тому

      @@thepakistanipotato
      Degrelle didnt join germans, belgium literally put him in french jail before germans ever started their occupation and I guess you also are coward if you spent years at frontline and then decide to run away and where do you have his own party hated him??

  • @just_a_turtle_chad
    @just_a_turtle_chad 19 днів тому +40

    How have I never heard about this man?

  • @realobama1100
    @realobama1100 18 днів тому +23

    Id love to see one on Corneliau Codreanau, leader of the iron guard.

    • @thepoetandwit6513
      @thepoetandwit6513 16 днів тому +1

      Bitchute has probably the better chance of finding material by a fellow called Cultured Thug. He used to be on UA-cam years ago before being shoahed.

    • @johnmurdoch8534
      @johnmurdoch8534 12 днів тому

      Codreanu was the best.

    • @albertarthurparsnips5141
      @albertarthurparsnips5141 11 днів тому

      No. For a committed anti-Semite, that choice *must* fall with Horia Sima.

    • @albertarthurparsnips5141
      @albertarthurparsnips5141 11 днів тому

      My post mentioning Horia Sima was immediately zapped. Banned.

  • @mario_1683
    @mario_1683 18 днів тому +14

    Amazing video, as always Zoomer! I think that Degrelle writes really well. When I read his Eastern Front book I was amazed at his powerful writing, which you can criticize for being too romatic, but I found it beautiful. I think Degrelle was a good orator, writer and soldier.

  • @liveforever141
    @liveforever141 18 днів тому +14

    Just finished reading "The Eastern Front: Memoirs of a Waffen SS Volunteer, 1941 - 1945" by Leon Degrelle, parts where he talks about breakthrough from Korsun pocket and retreat from Estonia are gut wrenching.

  • @TangoRomeoAU
    @TangoRomeoAU 18 днів тому +18

    I knew only about Leon Degrelle broadly, but you've helped me understand the great man he once was.

    • @purple-25377
      @purple-25377 18 днів тому +2

      just be aware that sources in this video were never good in the first place since this topic is very highly political oven and a lot of information could and propably is never ture

    • @TheGeezer30
      @TheGeezer30 18 днів тому +5

      @@purple-25377 Be aware one's comment is irrelevant, and inane.

    • @majesticuncasual186
      @majesticuncasual186 11 днів тому

      @@purple-25377 Juudeo-commenter

  • @Matteo-lr6ke
    @Matteo-lr6ke 19 днів тому +21

    Got the notification while watching on patreon. Opened it on UA-cam for the extra view. Love you guys.
    !

  • @purepalm9078
    @purepalm9078 18 днів тому +19

    Many praises for our folk at Antelope Hill. **salutes

  • @evolassunglasses4673
    @evolassunglasses4673 19 днів тому +51

    We must never ever forget this great man!

    • @Greg-xi8yx
      @Greg-xi8yx 18 днів тому

      Says an out of shape incel from behind his PC imagining himself a warrior. 🤭

    • @Vingul
      @Vingul 18 днів тому +2

      ​@@Greg-xi8yx you don't know Mr. Sunglasses + it's very possible to admire great men without being one oneself. That's kind of part of it, you know? But perhaps you don't look up to anyone. That's your loss.

    • @Greg-xi8yx
      @Greg-xi8yx 18 днів тому

      @@Vingul We do know one another and have for many years…

    • @Vingul
      @Vingul 18 днів тому

      @@Greg-xi8yx Really, eh?

  • @zoidberg444
    @zoidberg444 18 днів тому +9

    You know Degrelle is one of those people - I have heard the name plenty but never really knew much about him. Fascinating stuff fren, thank you.

  • @SenorTucano
    @SenorTucano 18 днів тому +24

    2:24:11 absolutely shameful that the Israelis wanted to kidnap him for a show trial.

    • @donjuanmckenzie4897
      @donjuanmckenzie4897 18 днів тому +11

      Him and a lot of others

    • @SenorTucano
      @SenorTucano 17 днів тому +3

      @@donjuanmckenzie4897 many others may have deserved it but it’s clear Degrelle was not one of them them. They just wanted a high profile SS Officer for a show trial.

    • @dariovukojevic926
      @dariovukojevic926 17 днів тому +5

      ​@@SenorTucanowho deserved it?

    • @capoislamort100
      @capoislamort100 15 днів тому

      @@SenorTucanothe Jews were breaking international laws and were acting like gangsters. Why They didn’t go after no Russian war criminal after all the savagery they committed on the Eastern front!

    • @SenorTucano
      @SenorTucano 15 днів тому +1

      @@dariovukojevic926 good point 👏

  • @AllhailTDLjimpic
    @AllhailTDLjimpic 18 днів тому +30

    The complete life of Benito Mussolini would be interesting.

    • @ZoomerHistorian
      @ZoomerHistorian  17 днів тому +18

      That's what I am currently writing, although it won't be out for months and I'm writing it between other videos. (It will be extremely long)

    • @Nome_e_Cognome
      @Nome_e_Cognome 17 днів тому +2

      ​@@ZoomerHistorianlong comment, sorry: please don't just focus on mistakes in war. there is so much to tell that no one ever talks about: his ability as a writer, the Carta del Carnaro (the Constitution of Fiume), the reclamation of the swamps, the cities he founded (Latina, Sabaudia, Pontinia, Aprilia), the social policies, rationalist architecture (such as the Eur district). The BBC reduced all to a cartoon with a big chin. Someone has to explain why people like AH, Ghandi or Churchill admired him. IN THE AFTERMATH OF HIS DEATH Churchill wrote “Thus ended the 21 years of Mussolini's dictatorship in Italy. During which he had saved the Italian people from the Bolshevism into which they could have sunk in 1919, to bring them to a position in Europe which Italy had never had before... The alternative to his regime could have been a communist Italy, that it would not have been a source of danger and misfortune of a different nature for the Italian people and for Europe…. The great roads that he traced will remain a monument to his personal prestige and his long rule."

    • @christophermaclean8555
      @christophermaclean8555 16 днів тому

      @@ZoomerHistorianYAASSSSSSSSS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

    • @CorporatistSwede
      @CorporatistSwede 14 днів тому +2

      @@ZoomerHistorianI trust you to make a good video but i still feel the need to ask that you make absolutely sure to not let your audience (which largely dislikes him) to sway your coverage.

    • @doriancanarelli8997
      @doriancanarelli8997 11 днів тому

      ​@@CorporatistSwedeHi, as a swedish fascist what do you think about the SFKO and why at some point it was replaced with a national socialist version.

  • @Hackenschmidt.
    @Hackenschmidt. 19 днів тому +14

    Just finished reading the Burning Souls by Degrelle. Highly recommend to everyone. Absolutely beautiful

  • @TheAnonymousIndividual
    @TheAnonymousIndividual 19 днів тому +33

    Very appropriate that this video was uploaded today because last week, I finished reading his book, The Eastern Front, I highly recommend it. While you're at it, watch The Greatest Story Never Told. 👍🏻

  • @TPQS
    @TPQS 19 днів тому +30

    Can't wait!

    • @Vingul
      @Vingul 19 днів тому +3

      Pete! 🫡

    • @crusader2112
      @crusader2112 19 днів тому +3

      Holy sh*t! You're here. 🫡

    • @ralphh4131
      @ralphh4131 18 днів тому

      Love ur show! Been listening to you since 2018ish

  • @PsyOpChampion
    @PsyOpChampion 19 днів тому +16

    I hope you understand that you are such a crucial channel at this point in history. Keep it up!

  • @Kousaburo
    @Kousaburo 17 днів тому +14

    Can you do a David Irving video?

  • @TheAryanPatriot
    @TheAryanPatriot 19 днів тому +11

    Thanks for this Zoomer.

  • @realsteelmagnolia6615
    @realsteelmagnolia6615 19 днів тому +10

    Thank you!!! I've been waiting for this one. Yay!

  • @ziggyzigggfreed4604
    @ziggyzigggfreed4604 19 днів тому +29

    Been hoping you'd do one on him!!!! Thank you! Can't wait!!!!

  • @otfriedschellhas3581
    @otfriedschellhas3581 7 днів тому +4

    I agree with Degrelle's claim that they were fighting for a European future. My dad was Waffen SS officer who also trained volunteers from Scandinavia and the Baltic and affirmed that these men were mostly the cream of their societies, students etc who were driven by idealism and a hatred of Soviet style tyranny. They were mistreated in their countries and often killed for their pain after the war. German ex- Waffen SS members formed an association (Hiag) to help their foreign former brothers in arms with money and legal assistance.

  • @IbrahimMuhammad_114
    @IbrahimMuhammad_114 19 днів тому +4

    Been looking forward to this! 👍

  • @stigcc
    @stigcc 19 днів тому +5

    Perfect timing, thank you❤

  • @jesusgonzalez-acton8045
    @jesusgonzalez-acton8045 18 днів тому +15

    Did a dissertation (it’s cringe to say that but whatever) on him; for more academic sources, you might try Collaboration in Belgium (Conway, Yale Press), Clerical Fascism in Interwar Europe (Routledge), Weber or Ernst Nolte’s books on the Action Francaise, or one of the biographies on Robert Brasillach, with whom he was well acquainted.
    It only takes a glance at my name to know I’m biased lol, but Degrelle emphasized his Mexico adventure as absolutely formative. Most of the DR on X has no idea he is single-handedly responsible for bringing the plight of lay Catholics during the Cristero war, to international attention because of the articles he wrote. He managed to organize the first aid drive (the historian Jean Mayer edited another university press book on the subject, but it’s in Spanish).
    Btw….you left out that his home village of Bouillon also produced the first crusader king, Godfrey.

  • @elmexo4375
    @elmexo4375 18 днів тому +6

    Ive been waiting for this

  • @royale7620
    @royale7620 13 днів тому +5

    Am I the only person who imagines Leonardo DiCaprio playing Degrelle in 4 hour long movie?
    No...? Just me..? Xd

    • @purple-25377
      @purple-25377 10 днів тому

      I mean exactly man that would be so gold and you are so right and DeGrelle life is actually so hollywood source to be easily made into that kind of movie, but it would have to be at least three movies like yeah. first about his political rise as great political figure with many good story points if you listen to his past, then his soldier rise with many poetic moments and then great espace to spain yeah.

  • @user-bchfldmgd
    @user-bchfldmgd 19 днів тому +4

    Thanks for everything you do zoomer! 👍

  • @MonkFishTV
    @MonkFishTV 18 днів тому +3

    Great video as always!

  • @Occident.
    @Occident. 18 днів тому +6

    Glad you have done a video on Degrelle. I read about him many years ago. Great man. Thanks for bringing the story of him to a wider audience. I think your videos are excellent. Well researched and presented. 👍

  • @Vulcaani
    @Vulcaani 18 днів тому +8

    Great video. Such a flawed man but still able to express profound duty and loyalty towards his men.

  • @JG-777
    @JG-777 15 днів тому +1

    Excellent work as always, my friend.

  • @TheWaller
    @TheWaller 16 днів тому +2

    Thanks for another great and informative video🤝🏻

  • @daveweiss5647
    @daveweiss5647 10 днів тому +1

    Even more amazing content! thanks!

  • @JukeBoxDestroyer
    @JukeBoxDestroyer 15 днів тому +4

    this is one of the very few yt historical channels that isn't click-bait or heretical

  • @imsoglad8999
    @imsoglad8999 18 днів тому +1

    Great video, Thanks !

  • @MegaSnake001
    @MegaSnake001 18 днів тому +16

    Our time will come, brothers!

  • @Volkischer14
    @Volkischer14 19 днів тому +8

    Thank you for this. Been spending the better part of the last year reading his century series (or what remains of it) on AH.

  • @MarkEvanWhite
    @MarkEvanWhite 9 днів тому

    Excellent as always. Straightforward

  • @musclecarbear4704
    @musclecarbear4704 17 днів тому +1

    Stunning work. Well researched, with excellent delivery. Thank you for this gift.
    I had only seen small snippets of Degrelle in a few of my books, but never really knew of the real story behind him, and his exploits.
    Thank you very much and keep up the great work.

  • @anthonyk1234
    @anthonyk1234 17 днів тому +1

    Another great video 👏

  • @fortunatomartino8549
    @fortunatomartino8549 10 днів тому +1

    Precious information
    Very grateful

  • @mgmor05
    @mgmor05 17 днів тому +3

    Great video as always

  • @SandrasSpicySpanishSalami
    @SandrasSpicySpanishSalami 19 днів тому +5

    Exellent work. ❤

  • @AgentM3tallion
    @AgentM3tallion 18 днів тому +4

    Thank you for this uplifting video. Live a life of honor and maybe, just maybe, one day years from now young people will remember.

  • @AntonBerglund88
    @AntonBerglund88 19 днів тому +247

    drinking game: drink every time he says catholic

    • @TPQS
      @TPQS 19 днів тому +18

      😂

    • @ZoomerHistorian
      @ZoomerHistorian  19 днів тому +254

      You’ll all be under the table when I do the Pope Pius XII video

    • @TheAnonymousIndividual
      @TheAnonymousIndividual 19 днів тому +41

      No thanks, alcohol is cringe. Adopt the straight edge lifestyle. 👍🏻

    • @jacklawlor5679
      @jacklawlor5679 18 днів тому +9

      @@ZoomerHistorian That will be a BANGER!

    • @je-sj2tb
      @je-sj2tb 18 днів тому

      For those who can't take moderation as aristole said​@@TheAnonymousIndividual

  • @TheAryanPatriot
    @TheAryanPatriot 19 днів тому +3

    As usual you have an amazing video channel.

  • @veritasunleashed
    @veritasunleashed 13 днів тому +2

    What a fantastic man. RIP! Thank you for this wonderful historical review.

  • @14.88.
    @14.88. 18 днів тому +13

    life of heinrich himmler and the history of the early SS could be very interesting, do you have any plans to make those kinda video's?

    • @dominikbt7891
      @dominikbt7891 18 днів тому +3

      He already made video about SS

    • @14.88.
      @14.88. 18 днів тому +3

      @@dominikbt7891 Not the early SS he spoke very briefly about the early SS (under 10 minutes) and it's one of the most interesting / important part of the SS

  • @ultramagnus638
    @ultramagnus638 18 днів тому +7

    You are a hero. Degrelle is awesome.

  • @anon2034
    @anon2034 18 днів тому +14

    Can we request the life of Ernst Junger?

    • @crusader2112
      @crusader2112 18 днів тому +4

      Yes! Yes! Yes! 😎👍

    • @thethinredline4714
      @thethinredline4714 16 днів тому +4

      second that

    • @capoislamort100
      @capoislamort100 15 днів тому +3

      Ernst Junger did all the things Degrelle did, but he was fighting a different war.
      I wonder if those two met each other during the war……..

    • @crusader2112
      @crusader2112 15 днів тому +2

      @@capoislamort100 It would be an interesting meet up indeed.

    • @capoislamort100
      @capoislamort100 15 днів тому +3

      @@crusader2112 It’s possible, Herr Junger was stationed in Paris during the war, and Degrelle was always there on business.

  • @ralphh4131
    @ralphh4131 18 днів тому +1

    Thx!!!!! Love ur content!!!!@

  • @Desertduleler_88
    @Desertduleler_88 18 днів тому +8

    Great video, l have one of Degrelle’s books his eastern front memoirs. I was amazed at the many attempts to kidnap this guy to be tortured and killed for so called war crimes. The same vengeful criminals are still running the world today.

  • @Giggs88
    @Giggs88 19 днів тому +5

    Another truly great life piece!

  • @Stella.22g
    @Stella.22g 18 днів тому +2

    You speak truth and I love you for it ❤ lots of hugs

  • @glennllewellyn7369
    @glennllewellyn7369 5 днів тому

    Fascinating.
    Really well read and quite simply fascinating.
    Well done friend.
    NSW

  • @hashteraksgage3281
    @hashteraksgage3281 13 днів тому +3

    A family member of mine saw his Heinkel 111 land in Spain in 1945

  • @indianasunsets5738
    @indianasunsets5738 17 днів тому +11

    It is indeed sickening that the cowards who had not fought in any way swept in, like vultures, to take revenge on women, children and elderly.

  • @gustavocarvalhoeduardo3710
    @gustavocarvalhoeduardo3710 15 днів тому +7

    Next: The complete life of José Antonio Primo de Rivera!

  • @justjosie1163
    @justjosie1163 18 днів тому +2

    Thank you!

  • @noodlethecat429
    @noodlethecat429 18 днів тому +4

    I know nothing about him and I'm glad you made this for us

  • @user-mq4ys8xl5y
    @user-mq4ys8xl5y 18 днів тому +6

    Man you're on FIRE, where can I watch your stuff in case jutube takes it down?

  • @kommissarvalkyre2054
    @kommissarvalkyre2054 19 днів тому +9

    You can't do this to me. I want to go to bed and you drop a video.

  • @Ramdomchileanman.
    @Ramdomchileanman. 19 днів тому +14

    Zoomer historian you could do one of the history of the "nacistas" Chilean And of Miguel Serrano?
    Sorry for my bad English, I'm using translator ;(

  • @SeamHead33
    @SeamHead33 18 днів тому +15

    Based Hero

  • @AbdulRahman-bi1nu
    @AbdulRahman-bi1nu 19 днів тому +2

    I could've sworn you uploaded this before

    • @marcuscelt7014
      @marcuscelt7014 19 днів тому +6

      It was a video about his epic flight to Spain

  • @jacksdad734
    @jacksdad734 18 днів тому +2

    Thank you.

  • @ryanh4499
    @ryanh4499 8 днів тому

    I'm honored to have his autograph in my collection!

  • @goyworldorder
    @goyworldorder 19 днів тому +6

    doing God's work my friend, bless you for all ur work

  • @Drvol1
    @Drvol1 15 днів тому +7

    RIP Monseigneur Degrelle 🙏🏻✝️