"Remember--The French Hate Us"

[Rick Research]

Generalleutnant Fleck, Commander of Generalkommando 62, thought his troops needed a bit of reinforcement in their political and military attitudes, issuing the following Anti-Fraternization instructions, to be pasted into every man's Soldbuch.

How different from WW2!!!

[Rick Research]

different times... the "hate" of the French is attributed to their great patriotism and love for their OWN country, "of course"...

[Rick Research]

So, as the occupiers and occupied blended into a homogenous, mutually accepting mass, do bear in mind:

[Rick Research]

not the slightest whiff of "sabotage," no one dreamed of a "resistance," just don't leave your papers lying around, don't blab unit information, and watch out for unnatural curiosity in military railway movements!

[bhholst]

Hello Rick.
Thank you for your post. This is very interesting reading!
Bernhard H. Holst