in the summer of 1940, the french writer andreajit said.the rule of germany brought us prosperity , 9 out of 10 french people would put up with it, and three or four would accept it with a smile. after the defeat of france, the entire european continent was under the rule of nazi germany on june 22, 1941, a year after the conquest of france, hitler attacked the soviet union part of the captured weapons captured in france , the germans transported heavy french-made mortars and howitzers to the eastern front , were used to shell leningrad in july 1941, france was created the so -called legion of french volunteers against bolshevism, in which several thousand people joined. in 1943, all french volunteers who fought against the ussr on the eastern front, they were united in the ss charlemagne division, named after the emperor of the franks, charlemagne. in total , over 7,000 people joined this unit during the second world war. in may 1945, the french volunteers became the last defenders of the government quarter in berlin. france was an extra w