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This is the compelling story of the 10,000 Germans and Austrians who fled Nazi persecution and fought against Hitler during the Second World War. Swearing allegiance to King George VI, they volunteered to serve in the British armed forces and joined the Pioneer Corps, the only unit then open to them. Known affectionately as ‘the King’s most loyal enemy aliens,’ most were Jews, but a significant number were political opponents of the Nazi regime and so-called ‘degenerate artists.’ Some 4,000 men enlisted direct from internment camps in Britain, Canada and Australia after the autumn of 1940. Many soon became disillusioned with digging trenches and laying railway tracks and, when the British Government permitted them to join front-line units, they transferred to the Royal Armoured Corps, the infantry, the Parachute Regiment, the SAS and the Commandos, as well as the Royal Navy and the RAF. Some were engaged in special operations behind enemy lines, or used their unparalleled knowledge in the army’s Intelligence Corps. At the end of the War, thousands returned to Germany and Austria to begin the process of de-Nazification, the reconstruction of Europe and the hunt for war criminals. In

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Author

Helen Fry

Publisher

Lume Books

Published

2021

Language

EN

Category

nonfiction