Last of the Last: The Spanish SS in the Battle of Berlin 1945

Although little known, in the Battle of Berlin about 90 Spanish soldiers fought in the so-called Ezquerra Unit. Brave soldiers who were well armed and participated in the defense of the central sector of Berlin until the last day, in the area of the ministries and the new chancellery. In The Last of the Last we will remember the Spanish participation in the battle of Berlin during the last days of the Reich in the Second World War. Even though Spain did not participate in the war, two Spanish battle formations known as the Blue Division and the Blue Legion took part in the war against the USSR. When all the Spanish soldiers were repatriated, only a few hundreds of Spanish soldiers remained fighting alongside the Germans. Of all of them, just over 90 belonging to the Waffen SS would be volunteers to fight for the capital of the Reich. You will know about the weapons, tactics, uniforms of these men that fulfilled their mission fighting against communism wearing the Waffen SS uniform in the battle for Berlin. In The Last of the Last we will remember the combats to the end that the brave Spanish soldiers alongside their Latvian and Germans comrades fought. New info about the Spanish soldiers from Latvian reports allow us to complete the most comprehensive history of these soldiers that has been written to date. AUTHOR: Eduardo Manuel Gil Martínez is a Spanish History fan since several years ago, mainly about World War II and the Reconquista age (Middle Age in Spain). During many years he has been the author of many History articles in Spanish and Italian magazines and more than 40 books about World War II in several languages (Spanish, English, Italian and French) for several top Publishers as Helion, Almena, Key&Publishing, Pen&Sword, Kagero, Schiffer, Heimdal, etc. For Helion he has four works: The Blue Squadrons. The Spanish in the Luftwaffe. 1941-1944 , Fallschirmjäger in the defense of the Oder. 1945 and The Spanish Civil War in the air vol 1 and 2 . 166 b/w photos, 4 colour illustrations, 2 colour photos, 8 b/w maps, 1 table