I heard something about a group of people who fought in the Second World War for the Nazis under a Union Flag- is this true?
2007-02-13 07:01:34 · 4 answers · asked by Anonymous in Arts & Humanities ➔ History
The SS attempted to recruit British POWs into the German army during WW2, although there were a few that did join there numbers were insignificant. Every few months the History channel shows a documentary entitled "The British that Fought for Hitler". It's been a while since I last so it, but I think the only remaining survivor is living somewhere in Australia.
The British free corps also endured a guarded reception from German members of the SS who saw them as traitors, and therefore unreliable in battle.
2007-02-13 07:11:29 · answer #1 · answered by Hendo 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The British Free Corps or Britisches Freikorpe were a unit of the Waffen SS consisting of British and Dominion prisoners of war. They only consisted of about 27 men at any time. Started by John Amery-Conservative- who was staunchly anti-communist and pro the National Socialism politics of Natzi Germany.
2007-02-13 08:02:14 · answer #2 · answered by Plato 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
yes, some were prisoners of war who were 'turned' by the nazis and some were traitors who believed in facism and went to germany to join the forces there. These people wore german uniforms with a union flag badge on the shoulder as well as the nazi insignia.
2007-02-13 07:14:09 · answer #3 · answered by kif 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes all four of them, they tried to recruit in the stalags, Prisoner of war , only had about four to take up, read the book of the Waffle SS, they had some of them there, they where all caught and tried for treason , those that did not die on the Russian front
2007-02-13 07:11:16 · answer #4 · answered by john r 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋