 The 3rd Battalion remained at Oldebroek as Corps Reserve until the end of September 1943, where they gained a "wild and loathsome" reputation amongst the locals.The legion was stationed in the Lacanau (near Bordeaux) at the time of the Normandy landings, and remained there for up to two months after D-Day.On 8 August 1944 Himmler authorised its control to be transferred to the "Waffen-SS", as was that of every other foreign volunteer unit of the German Army.