I have recently seen the crew member list for the blockade runner Ramses. Several members of the crew came from Finland, retaining Finnish names not German and I was wondering how such sailors would come to be in the Kriegsmarine.
Does anyone know if there was a policy, official or otherwise, of recruiting or training sailors from other Axis countries in the KM?
Did the Kriegsmarine recruit sailors from other Axis countries?
Did the Kriegsmarine recruit sailors from other Axis countries?
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Re: Did the Kriegsmarine recruit sailors from other Axis countries?
Finland was an ally, so probably common. When I was in USN boot camp we had a Canadian guy in our company. Foreign nationals can't get the highest security clearances, but the US armed forces accept recruits from a number of nations.