Hitler on a label

Originally posted by Doggythedog

Also, I wouldn’t be surprised if there were even some US nationals in the SS, of German origin maybe but still US nationals.

Originally posted by Hildigöltur

Originally posted by Doggythedog

Also, I wouldn’t be surprised if there were even some US nationals in the SS, of German origin maybe but still US nationals.

Not really:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_Free_Corps

Originally posted by Doggythedog

Originally posted by Hildigöltur

Originally posted by Doggythedog

Also, I wouldn’t be surprised if there were even some US nationals in the SS, of German origin maybe but still US nationals.

Not really:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_Free_Corps

Didn’t the SS recruit Americans who moved back to Germany at the wars start to help in the Battle of the Bugle offensive to serve as infiltraitors? I believe in Skorzeny’s units?

From the article:
"In reality, the German authorities made no effort to create an exclusive unit of US volunteers. Nevertheless, it is certainly the case that a small number of United States nationals did serve in the German Armed Forces in various units, including the Waffen-SS. "


My point wasn’t about the SS itself but for the German army as a whole, to counter the argument someone made that I’ve understood as the need for you to be collectively ashamed and not dare make any such references to the WW2 because some of your people served there.

Black & white is nice but there are too many shades of gray/grey to ignore.