altogether, between 7,000 and 8,000 men served in the walloon legion between 1941 and 1944, slightly less than the number of flemish who served in comparable formations. some 1,337 were killed, representing about a fifth of its total strength. however, its maximum field strength had never exceeded 2,000 men. fearing execution for treason in belgium, degrelle escaped to denmark and norway and then fled to francoist spain where he remained in exile until his death in 1994.