British Free Corps

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British Free Corps (BFC), unit formed in Germany in 1944 from British and Dominion prisoners-of war to fight in the German–Soviet war. It was the idea of a British renegade, John Amery, who called it the Legion of St George, but he only ever found one recruit and never led it. It was subordinated to the SS, and commanded by an SS officer. The few recruits—there were never more than 57—who saw action during the fall of Berlin wore ordinary field-grey uniforms with collar patches of three leopards and a ‘British Free Corps’ cuff band on the left sleeve with a Union Jack above it. Post-war trials condemned Amery to death—he was executed—and some BFC members were given prison sentences.

Bibliography

Weale, A. , Renegades: Hitler's Englishmen (London, 1994).

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