In the European battlefield during World War II, the German army swept through Europe with great superiority at the beginning of the war, and the Czech Republic, Poland, Belgium and other countries fell successively. In September 1939, after the Germans occupied Poland, they began to look at France. France and Germany can be said to be old rivals, but I don't know what the reason is, the french army's weapons and equipment and the number of soldiers are obviously not worse than the German army, but they have never been the opponent of the German army.
On 9 May 1940, Goering ordered Joseph Kanghubel of the Luftwaffe 5th Brigade to bomb freiburg, Germany's own university town. The self-directed bombing operation blew up a girls' high school and a hospital, killing and injuring hundreds of people. The German high command then blamed the attack on Belgium and the Netherlands, serving as an excuse for the Germans to go to war against the neutral countries of Western Europe.
Neither Belgium nor the Netherlands was the ultimate goal of the Germans. On the European continent at that time, the only person who could be regarded as an opponent by the German army was France. At that time, the number of French troops reached 3 million, and the weapons and equipment were very advanced, known as the world's strongest army. Surprisingly, however, the Germans defeated France in less than a month. Such a rapid rout is beyond everyone's imagination.
After the defeat of the French army, the Vichy regime surrendered to the German army, and a large number of German troops poured into France. Most of the young French ran away, leaving behind old and weak women and children, while others were given to the German army by the Vichy regime as free labor for the German army and helped the German army build fortifications. The French women who could not escape, in order to support their families, many of them maintained a relationship with the German army to maintain their lives.
After the fall of France, these French women gave birth to 200,000 illegitimate children for the Germans. Later, after the Allies liberated France, these women who had contact with the Germans during the fall were punished, and 80,000 people were liquidated. Because of their relationship with German soldiers during the war, the French army was greatly humiliated among the Allies. Although most of the responsibility for the fall of France was borne by the French army, it was these French women who struggled to survive the consequences of the war.
As a belligerent on both sides of the war, it was indeed a disgraceful act for these French women to have relations with the enemy. But these French women were also forced, because if they were not, many of them might eventually starve to death. In the midst of life and dignity, they chose the former. When France was liberated by the Allies, the women were shaved bald by angry French men and forced to parade the streets. Many of them were also sentenced to one to three years in prison.
In addition to the liquidated women, the French-German children born during the war were also treated unfairly. Because they were illegitimate children of the German army, they were not able to enjoy the same treatment as French children, and were even forced not to speak German. If they speak German in front of other children, they will be beaten and scolded by other children.
It was not surprising that these French women, who had relations with the Germans, would be liquidated after the war, after all, their behavior during the war had blackened the faces of French men. But the French-German children were innocent, they could not choose their own birth, but they were treated unfairly and became victims after the war.
Since the birth of mankind, war has always accompanied mankind, and if human civilization is really facing destruction one day, it is very likely to be destroyed by war. But even today, although human beings recognize the destructive nature of war, they still cannot avoid war. In times of war, it is often vulnerable groups such as women and children who suffer the most. During the Second World War, the countries that fought in the Great War, both the victorious and the defeated, ended up suffering great harm.