Steiner was one of the people who wanted the SS to be an 'European' Army, foretunatly the bigotry from Hitler and Heini blocked that until later in the war.

However the number of Freiwillige and Volksdeutsche made up nearly half of the SS overall.

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'We march. The enemy is retreating in transport. We follow on foot.' Lt.Neil McCallum 5/7 Gordons 19th November 1942