Asian Wehrmacht/Nazi ?

[Eknytz]

I found this image surfing the web, anyone have any
information on this image in general....or why there is an Asian in the Wehrmact Uniform?

[BRAVO JULIET]

some sort of exchange program?

[Dr.Error]

china's..beside japan ..

[maoddd]

I've read it from some where, they were korean labor / cooks served in japanese imperial army, then they were captured by the russians, then again by the germans; and in normandy, american troops captured them.

[Blue387]

I've read it from some where, they were korean labor / cooks served in japanese imperial army, then they were captured by the russians, then again by the germans; and in normandy, american troops captured them.

Is there a source or book on this topic? The Japanese did exploit the Koreans heavily for labor and it's plausible that some might have ended up in Russian hands. The Germans did have all sorts of non-German foreign units/support like the SS but I've never heard of Koreans ending up in Normandy.

[Eknytz]

I've read it from some where, they were korean labor / cooks served in japanese imperial army, then they were captured by the russians, then again by the germans; and in normandy, american troops captured them.

hmm, I'd have the impression they would have been executed if they were captured in Russian service by the Germans.

[BRAVO JULIET]

I've read it from some where, they were korean labor / cooks served in japanese imperial army, then they were captured by the russians, then again by the germans; and in normandy, american troops captured them.

that time line is all ****ed up. The soviets didnt Declare war on Japan untill August 8, 1945, how colud they then end up in Europe Several months earlier for VE?

[Alfacentori]

Could be from one of the Asiatic peoples that were part of the Soviet Union, they had no love for Stalin and many fought for the Germans against the USSR.

Alfa

[James]

I've read it from some where, they were korean labor / cooks served in japanese imperial army, then they were captured by the russians, then again by the germans; and in normandy, american troops captured them.

I've read the same thing, also that the Germans put MOngolians into "Ost" Battalions.

[[WDW]Megaraptor]

that time line is all ****ed up. The soviets didnt Declare war on Japan untill August 8, 1945, how colud they then end up in Europe Several months earlier for VE?

They were captured after the Battle of Khalkhin Gol in 1939.

[Maj C]

Iirc they are from units called ost battalions? Ethnic Asians from occupied soviet territories that joined/conscripted into German service. There's a sing reenactor that has collected quite a few pictures of Asians in German service google his website.

[BRAVO JULIET]

found this caption for the pic,

Captured possible Japanese Heer soldat ( Far Left )
being interrogated by the US troops
Updates! According to a Korean SBS documentary (Our website was featured in this doc!) uncovering about Koreans in German service and from the US Archives there is an official caption for this photo:

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From:
Public Relations Division
U.S. Coast Guard
Washington, D.C.

OFFICIAL COAST GUARD PHOTO

JAP IN NAZI UNIFORM CAPTURED

Dismay and lonliness is written on the face of this
young Jap,
wearing a Nazi uniform and snapped by a Coast Guard
combat Photographer in a roundup of German prisoners
on the beaches of France. The Jap is giving his name
and number to an American Army captain.

[BRAVO JULIET]

http://www.geocities.com/alvinlee_81...csChinese.html

[BearInBunnySuit]

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[James]

that time line is all ****ed up. The soviets didnt Declare war on Japan untill August 8, 1945, how colud they then end up in Europe Several months earlier for VE?

The Soviets and Japanese fought in Manchuria for a few months in 1939.

Haha, I see some others have been looking at Wiki...