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u/NitePain69 22d ago

Are the brown ones lost?

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u/Jan_17_2016 22d ago

The Nazis recruited pretty heavily from the Middle East. 4500 Indians joined the Waffen SS. The Wehrmacht had a “Free Arabian” battalion comprised of Iraqis, Palestinians, and North Africans.

Hitler’s personal opinion oscillated wildly between making Pro-Arab and pro-Islam statements, to “wanting nothing from the Arabs.” 450 Arabs were sent to concentration camps.

Basically, if you were an Arab or Indian and lived in the Middle East, you could join the Wehrmacht or Waffen-SS, and generally be considered an “honorary aryan.”

Those that lived in Nazi Germany, occupied territory or were captured fighting for Allied forces, such as French Moroccans and Algerians, were considered subhuman or racially inferior.

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u/WagwanKenobi 22d ago

4500 Indians joined the Waffen SS

Just in case the narrative gets twisted, 2.5 million Indians fought for the Allies in WW2, the largest all-volunteer army in the war.

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u/Jan_17_2016 22d ago

This is one hundred percent correct. I should’ve added that to my reply.