French block airlift of British troops to Basra

Keith Willshaw wrote:
"William Black" wrote in message
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"Keith Willshaw" wrote in message
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I doubt that the handful of British citizens in German
uniform were too happy to be sent home either, their
leader was hanged and they all received lengthy prison
sentences.

I don't think Joyce was their leader, and I seem to remember reading that
at least one other was shot...



Joyce played no part in the affair beyond his propaganda broadcasts,
their leader was John Amery son of Leo Amery a minister in Churchill's
wartime government.


And we're talking about British servicemen joining the SS here, not

Germans

going home to fight...



And the Soviets were are discussing were those who had
joined the German armed forces too.

Keith


Subjects of the Soviet Russian empire, who joined the armies
of an opposing power (which unfortunately was just as morally
corrupt, but more significantly turned out to be the loser)
in order to fight against the occupiers of their land and
demonstrated enemy of their people.

There is a world of difference between these people and
the handfull of British traitors. I do not know the motivations
of the Britishers, but am guessing that they must have been
ideological and not something as crass as financial or the
hatred of ones father.
--
Rostyk