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> Germans who spoke perfect English and had often grown up in the US.

Curious if you have any links that go into this further. Were they Americans of German descent who rejoined family in Germany, or? I'm sure it's not monolithic but curious if there was a pattern.

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The exact numbers are unknown but there are a known handful in units like the Wafen-SS. A LOT of documents were destroyed in the fall of the regime. The encounter shown in Band of Brothers supposedly did happen where a PI spoke with a German POW who grew up in America there's no documentation of it but that's not terribly surprising.

https://www.warhistoryonline.com/instant-articles/german-ame...

Very interesting, thanks much for the link!

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