Muslim, Hindu and Buddhist Volunteers in the German Armed Forces, 1941-1945
Publication Date: 01/12/2001
During the Second World War tens of thousands of West Europeans volunteered for service in the German Army under the banner of anti-Communism. It is amazing that so many Europeans were willing to assist the Third Reich.. Fantastic still, is the fact that in the east, where the Nazi racial theorists claimed lived the majority of the so-called "untermensche" (sub-humans), the Nazis were to recruit close to two million of these men as volunteers. These were Soviet citizens and Arabs from the Middle East who donned the field grey uniform of the German Army and fought for the Third Reich.. More remarkable is the fact that tens of thousands of these volunteers called Islam, Hinduism, and even Buddhism as their religious faith! They fought alongside the German soldier, mostly until the bitter end of the war. The reasons why they did so are as varied as they are fascinating. This is the intriguing story of these men and the units in which they served. During the Second World War tens of thousands of West Europeans volunteered for service in the German Army under the banner of anti-Communism. It is amazing that so many Europeans were willing to assist the Third Reich.
- ISBN:
- 9781891227394
- 9781891227394
- Category:
- European history
- Publication Date:
- 01-12-2001
- Publisher:
- Europa Books Incoporated
- Country of origin:
- United States
- Dimensions (mm):
- 279.4x215.9mm
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