In the early marching operations of the German army in World War II, the footsteps almost covered most of Europe, and the huge victory also brought a lot of pressure to the German army, because they needed to send a large number of troops to maintain order in the local area, so as to more conveniently and efficiently extract local resources and economy; France, as a European power, the land area was much larger than that of other countries, plus the strategic position was important, it was the front line of confrontation with the British army, so the scale of the occupation army was much larger than that of other countries.
French kid
On the whole, the quality of the Wehrmacht is still very high, and the stationing in France has also scrupulously abided by its duties, and there has been no large-scale smashing, looting and other brutal acts, but after the occupying forces have no combat tasks and are far away from home, many problems have begun to be exposed.
According to the requirements of the German army, in order to ensure the purity of blood, the soldiers were strictly forbidden to have offspring with women from other countries, but the German army, far away from home and doing nothing all day, could not bear the loneliness and began to contact the French locals, including women.
Women selling newspapers in France and german troops
For the locals, the French soldiers failed to complete the mission of defending the country, but abandoned the people, and even formed a pseudo-regime like Vichy France, a large number of men, and the oppression of the local economy by the German army, which made the life of the French people difficult, either to survive hard or to rely on the occupying forces for a few days. In this situation, a large number of "traitors" appeared, many French helped the German army maintain order and oppressed their compatriots, and a large number of French women also had an affair with the German army and attached them to live a good life.
German officers in France
There is a strange phenomenon, that is, a year or two after the German occupation of France, the number of births in France has soared, including a large number of illegitimate children of the occupying forces, according to statistics, about 200,000.
When the Allies landed in Normandy, the territory of France finally returned to the Hands of the French inch by inch, and people did not forget to clean up the traitors when they cleaned up the wounds of the war. It is well known that all French women involved in the German army were basically liquidated, severely put in jail after hastily tried, and slightly stripped naked and cut off their hair for parades in the streets. In many of the old photographs that reflect the situation at the time, there is a more tragic story, that is, most of the women who were liquidated were carrying babies in their arms.
Cut off a woman's hair
At that time, the German army had already left in the great retreat, and it was naturally impossible for them to take their sons with them, so the biological fathers of these 200,000 illegitimate children did not dare to recognize or be able to recognize, and no one could count how many people survived the war.
Although these babies were not liquidated, their existence was a stain of the times, because it was an indisputable fact that the French army did not keep the country, and it was also a fact that the people could not live after the French army withdrew, and there was also a shame for the French, that is, when the Allies landed in Normandy, the local resistance forces counted out by the full count accounted for only 3% of the total population, which still added the data of those who barely survived, and they only killed about 400 German soldiers during the 4 years of resistance. In other words, there are simply many "traitors" in France.
French Resistance Army
In order to cover up this disgraceful page, france did not recognize these babies for a long time, and the German army had been defeated, and even if it wanted to, it was powerless to do anything. These babies grow up, and they can't enjoy a series of rights such as equal education, because they don't even have nationality, not to mention the daily scorn and bullying.
A French woman paraded in the streets
Fortunately, time is a good thing, can make people slowly forget some things, as this group of children grow up, the French gradually forget this past, coupled with West Germany has actively confessed mistakes, especially the Warsaw kneeling in 1970, let people relax a lot about the events of decades ago, and gradually the 200,000 children have household registration, carefully hide their lives, and gradually integrate into society.
Two women with babies in their arms
In fact, the women who were dependent on the German army at the beginning, the remaining 200,000 babies, they are nothing more than the product of the war, if you have to blame anyone, it is better to ask the French men, why did they not protect the women when the German army invaded, when they evacuated the remaining men did not show gentlemanly style, but stood with the German army for the tiger, most of the French women had to become the lovers of the German army in order to make a living.