[mkjessup]

The article states that loyal ‘French SS troops’ were helping to prolong the war, that would certainly be a first! LOL

As for Herr Misch, as another poster stated, he wasn’t exactly running the ovens at Auschwitz, he was a telephone operator.

How do you say ‘one ringy-dingy’ in German? ;)

[gr8eman]

How do you say ‘one ringy-dingy’ in German?

Einmal Klingel Dingel

[jamaksin]

SS Charlemagne Division composed exclusively of non-German troops - and yes, some French - fought to the death in the rubble of Berlin.

Battle for Berlin ... well over half-million casualties total.

[nomorelurker]

A lot of “German” troops defending Berlin at the end were non-German. Many soldiers were Swedish or other nationalities. They had bought into Nazi ideals. Most fought very hard in part because they had at that point nothing left to go back to. Many would have been considered traitors in their own countries.

[cyborg]

Most German citizens weren’t in the military, weren’t running the ovens either BUT they were glad they were running. I don’t feel sorry for him at all. While he was Hitler’s bodyguard and telephone operator, there were babies getting smashed to bits by men in the streets. It’s the quiet complicity of people like him that allowed Hitler to continue. Now he’s writing a book about it :eyeroll:

[fso301]

The article states that loyal ‘French SS troops’ were helping to prolong the war, that would certainly be a first! LOL

They had already been released from their oath's of loyalty and could have returned to France but chose instead to go to Berlin knowing they would be fighting to the death.

[Ditto]

The article states that loyal ‘French SS troops’ were helping to prolong the war, that would certainly be a first! LOL

Not a first at all. There were many French (and other Europeans) who thought that Hitler was just dandy and the SS loved to use them. If anything, they were more brutal than the German SS units. Check out the patch on this Frog's sleeve.

More on the French SS here.