Malgré-nous (lit. 'we despite ourselves', or more figuratively 'we who are forced against our will') is a term that refers to men from Alsace–Lorraine...

inducted into the German armed forces. Sometimes they were known as the malgré-nous, which could be translated into English as "against our will". A small...

conscripts, one volunteer). A third of the malgré-nous perished on the Eastern front. In July 1944, 1500 malgré-nous were released from Soviet captivity and...

one) on February 4, 1939. During and after World War II, most of the Malgré-nous prisoners of war (Frenchmen from annexed Alsace and Moselle who were...

Such forced conscripts from Alsace and Lorraine called themselves the malgré-nous, meaning "against our will". On 11 February, 19 of the 20 defendants...

option no longer possible in Germany, including French German soldiers of Malgré-nous. It would have been considered problematic if the men from Alsace-Lorraine...

Legion Indian Legion Legion of French Volunteers Against Bolshevism Malgré-nous Poles in the Wehrmacht Russian Corps Walloon Legion British Free Corps...

further 38,000 lost while serving with the German Army (including 32,000 "malgré-nous"). France had lots of armed forces in World War II, in part due to the...

situation for many Alsatians, including hardships for many, such as the malgré-nous. However, some advocates of autonomy for Alsace saw the new regime as...

were sent to the Eastern Front, those young men and women were called Malgré-nous. Many tried to escape from the incorporation, join the French Resistance...

were conscripted into the German army, allegedly against their will (malgré-nous), and in some cases volunteered for the Waffen SS. Some of the latter...

Investigating World War II. Taylor & Francis. ISBN 978-1317132691. The Malgré nous (literally 'in spite of us' or 'against our wishes') was the name given...

Changement, Le Pas de côté, 2013 ISBN 979-10-92605-01-3 Nous sommes révolutionnaires malgré nous. Textes pionniers de l'écologie politique (avec Jacques...

bien-aimé" (1892) "L'Amour captif" (1893) "Ma première lettre" (1893) "Malgré nous" (1893) "Si j'étais jardinier" (1893) "L'Été" (1894) "Mignonne" (1894)...

Navy Troupes de la marine Foreign Legion Recruiting Group Swiss Guard Malgré-nous Honneur, patrie, valeur, discipline Meine Ehre heißt Treue Semper Fidelis...

America and Japan. The German army acquired many Breton carriers. These "Malgré-nous" horses were used on the battlefields of the First World War, against...

action from 1940 to 1945 fighting in the Free French forces. Some 40,000 malgré-nous ("against our will", citizens of the re-annexed Alsace-Lorraine province...

(caption: good husband, good father of the family)". l’Alsace au temps des "malgré nous" : 10.3.6. Expériences médicales (in French). Retrieved 12 April 2016...

action from 1940 to 1945 fighting in the Free French forces. Some 40,000 malgré-nous ("against our will"), citizens of re-annexed Alsace-Lorraine drafted...

Alsatians-Mosellans under the Nazi flag, leading to the tragedy of the Malgré-nous. The victory of the Allies and the liberation of France at the end of...

Le médecin malgré lui (The Doctor in spite of himself; sometimes also called The Mock Doctor) is an opéra comique in three acts by Charles Gounod to a...

of West England. Vidéo INA, The Trial of Robert Wagner, Les Actualités Françaises, 2 mai 1946. The Trial of Robert Wagner, site malgre-nous.eu - pdf....

  France Crown lands of France French colonial empire Hundred Years' War Malgré-nous Renaud, Jean (2008). Brink, Stefan (ed.). The Duchy of Normandy. Routledge...

(Enoch) 1905 Madeleine, W263 (Enoch) 1880 Madrigal, W266 (Enoch) 1886 Malgré Nous, W294 (Enoch) 1893 Mandoline, W319 (Enoch) 1895 Ma Première Lettre, W293...

silence the victims' groaning. René Wehrlen, one of the prisoners and a malgre-nous, was able to escape and was not recaptured. After the shooting, the executioners...

Cupidon". Box Office Mojo. IMDb. Retrieved 26 December 2019. "Super-héros malgré lui". Blu-ray.com. Retrieved 4 June 2023. "Superwho?". Box Office Mojo....

her autobiographical narration Les Caresses et les Baisers (1998). Les Malgré-nous (2003), which recounts the first Nazi raids in Alsace during the Second...

drafted into the Nazi army despite being a Frenchman like many other "Malgré-nous". As an Alsatian, he spoke the German dialect Alsatian as fluently as...

October 1942, he was incorporated to the Wehrmacht and become one of the "malgré-nous" (despite ourselves), young men born in Alsace or Lorraine enrolled against...

forty-three of them were sent to the Russian front. Twenty of these Malgré-nous were killed. From the point of view of fighting in Alteckendorf, there...