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"Ernest"  a écrit dans le message de
news:x8-dnTfM76Z6XaLfRVn-vg@comcast.com...

I knew that the French willfully (happily?) collaborated with the Germans
> during WWII, but I had no idea that more than 10,000+ frenchmen proudly
> volunteered to join the infamous Waffen SS. Apparently the Germans needed
> help against the Russians, and the French were eager to offer their
> assistance. Later in the war, as Germany faced shortages of men to refill
> depleted divisions, collaborating (Vichy) Frenchmen volunteered for German
> military service in both the SS and regular army, particularly after the
> Allies began the liberation of france in 1944. Interestingly, the bulk of
> these volunteers were University students, and all but 30 of these young
> French "heroes" -no doubt the pride of France- were killed while
attempting
> to fight the Allies in the battle of Berlin.
> Does anyone happen to know how many Allied troops were killed by the
French
> between 1942 ( Casablanca) and 1945 (Berlin)? I'm just curious.

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