Von Marseille bis Nowosibirsk
The account of a French volunteer in the Charlemagne Division 1943-45, eastern front. Von Marseille bis Nowosibirsk, A French volunteer fighting for Europe, published in German, 2014 Andre Bayle, a trapeze artist, toured Europe with a circus. Bayle attended the 1936 Olympics and was impressed with the athleticism and organisational abilities of the German host nation. Bayle, aged just 17 joined the eventual Waffen SS Charlemagne Division to fight Bolshevism and to fight commu