The aftermath of the Japanese surrender in World War II saw insurgencies pop up in South East Asia to throw off European colonial rule, including in French Indochina. As Mark Felton describes in this video, faced with a shortage of experienced troops, the French turned to using captured and imprisoned French men that had served for the Vichy French government and other collaborators, including a unit apparently made up from French that had been in the Schutzstaffel (SS).
VIDEO: "Battalion of the Damned - Waffen-SS Unit Vietnam War"
Mark Felton Productions (12 min.)
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