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To: 2ndDivisionVet

There were plenty of black soldiers fighting for Hitler? Really?? Anyone know this history ???


24 posted on 10/03/2015 2:58:26 PM PDT by Dilbert San Diego
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To: Dilbert San Diego
yes....many Muslims fought for Hitler, in fact, the final solution to the Jewish problem, was pushed by the Muslims, who didn't want a Jewish state in Palestine
53 posted on 10/03/2015 3:25:40 PM PDT by B212
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To: Dilbert San Diego
There were plenty of black soldiers fighting for Hitler? Really?? Anyone know this history ???

1. Black Muslims in multiple countries.
2. Italian colonial forces in North Africa.
3. Vichy French colonial forces in Africa.

66 posted on 10/03/2015 3:47:51 PM PDT by matt1234 (Note to GOPe lurkers: I and thousands like me will NEVER vote for Jeb Bush)
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To: Dilbert San Diego

No, that would ne a stretch; while some colonized blacks may have wanted Britain of France out of their countries, I’ve never read about an Allied soldier (in any army) capturing a black soldier fighting for the Axis. In WWI Germany used black colonial troops, but they lost those colonies after the war.

FWIW, in Mein Kampf Hitler thought blacks should be left to their own devices in Africa; he thought Europeans shouldn’t interfere with them (or that such interference was harmful). He seems to view them as primitive animals that should have been left alone.


74 posted on 10/03/2015 4:08:49 PM PDT by kearnyirish2 (Affirmative action is economic warfare against white males (and therefore white families).)
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To: Dilbert San Diego

Not plenty, but there were some. They were subject to special provisions under the Nuremberg Law. In North Africa, but also the Wehrmacht. Units raised by Amin al-Husseini, Arafat’s uncle, in Africa had black troops. Black prisoners were said to be executed, but no order, local commanders discretion. Not as bad as Jews or Roma, but I believe they were subject to compulsory sterilization, though I suspect that became a minor issue as the war progressed. Kind of a Margaret Sanger thing. Plenty is a clear exaggeration.


80 posted on 10/03/2015 4:22:10 PM PDT by SJackson (Everybody has a plan until they get hit. Mike Tyson)
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To: Dilbert San Diego
“There were plenty of black soldiers fighting for Hitler? Really?? Anyone know this history ???”

I have a picture of a black African officer in German uniform with Wehrmacht collar insignia. He also appears to be wearing a Waffen-SS camouflage smock and helmet cover. I believe it to be authentic. I could post it for you however, I don't know the html techno-gibberish needed to post a pic.

88 posted on 10/03/2015 4:33:06 PM PDT by Towed_Jumper (There were no muslims on the Mayflower)
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