"Hitler's Jihadis: Muslim Volunteers of the SS" Topic

"As the West finds itself embroiled in conflict with radical Islam at home and abroad it is fascinating to hear the echoes of militant Islam from the Second World War, and the Nazis attempt to preach 'Jihad' against the British Empire and Stalin. Hitler's Jihadis tells the story of the tens of thousands of Muslims, from as far away as India who volunteered to wear the SS double lightning flashes and serve alongside their erstwhile conquerors. Jonathan Trigg gives insight into the pre-war politics that inspired these Islamic volunteers, who for the most part did not survive. Those who did survive the war and the bloody retribution that followed saw the reputation of the units in which they served in berated as militarily inept and castigated for atrocities against unarmed civilians. Using first hand accounts and official records Hitler's Jihadis peels away the propaganda to reveal the complexity that lies at the heart of the story of Hitler's most unlikely 'Aryans'."

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It seems that nothing has changed since those days!

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Seems like German uniform with a Fez like hat is the way to go.

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A somewhat bollox premise, as Muslims were actually joining the Indian Army and West African Frontier Force to conduct jihad against the Japanese…

Warlord makes Sikh heads so you could also do an SS Sikh force. Indians were recruited to fight against the Brits. It would be a unique force!

Of course you had the Grand Multi of Jerusalem fleeing to Berlin in support of the Nazis since the British wanted his head. After the war he ended up in Egypt giving his blessing for cleansing Palestinian of the Jews and other infidels.

All true and not forgotten. But Jemima has a point. Millions (I'm sure that's the right number) of Muslim soldiers served honorably in the armies of the British Empire, the French Republic and, not least, the Soviet Union to defeat the Axis in WWII.

Indeed and they really did join up in order to wage holy war against the Japanese (though I'm not sure why that was). Similarly, the ethnically-Indian Muslim communities of western Burma were 100% supportive of the Allies, whereas the ethnically-Burmese were generally pro-Japanese (until 1945, anyway).