Countries That Almost Existed: SS State of Burgundy
Countries that almost existed: SS State of Burgundy
Nazi leaders Adolf Hitler and Heinrich Himmler meet at the Wolf’s Lair military headquarters near Rastenburg, October 13, 1943 (Ullstein Bild) Burgundy, now a region in central France, has historically been all over the map of Western Europe. The medieval Kingdom of Burgundy straddled the Mediterranean coast. The Duchy of Burgundy, at its greatest extent, ran from the Low Countries in the north…