In France they called those kinds of people "collaborateurs." They were very unpopular with the Resistance. :rofl:
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In France they called those kinds of people "collaborateurs." They were very unpopular with the Resistance. :rofl:
It wasn't non resistance though. As mentioned there were fightings until the Government surrendered after a couple hours. The Germans had occupied all strategically important installations during the night before the invasion and the government was threatened with Copenhagen being level by the above circling bomber squad if they didn't surrender. If they hadn't surrendered Copenhagen would have been flattened and whoever was in command would have had to surrender; surrender was the only sensible choice. With regard to the cooperation policy then it was a sensible choice since it saved almost all Danish Jews and quite a few Danes from certain death; and when the German demands became unacceptable as the war soured the government said no and had to step down. I simply don't see how the Danish government could have done anything else. The Danish resistance on the other hand managed to tie down a number of troops and they were quite effective at sabotaging the German war effort; as an example they blew up a munitions ship in Aarhus Harbour on the 4th of July 1944.You know, non-resistance like that is how Hitler amassed so much power in the first place.
That wasn't the reason though. We were told not to expect help because Jutland is really flat and connected directly to Germany. It simply wasn't feasible for Britain to send us help, since the Germans had so easy access to us.
I wouldn't call the government collaborateurs though. The government didn't give the Germans the names of the resistance fighters and in general tried to have the war affect Denmark as little as possible; not help Germany who many of the politicians loathed. When the government stepped back (I think some of the unreasonable demands were setting in the army against the August riots and cracking down on the resistance) the fleet was sunk to not let the Germans use it.
The real collaborateurs on the other hand were routinely killed by the resistance and several were executed after the war.
You still surrendered, though. As jonti has kindly pointed out, Britain never surrendered. They would have fought on the beaches, on the landing zones and in the streets. They would have defended their island, whatever the cost may have been...
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What is it with Americans and their obsession with surrendering? It must be fear.
We used to be ruled by Great Britain, so we fear the slightest indication that we may be the slightest bit French.
You, good sir, are un idiote. I fart in your general direction. Silly American pigdog.
Your mother was a hamster, and your father smelt of elderberries!
Does the USSR mean nothing to you? They lost more soldiers than any other allied nation by a lot.
A.) At that time, Russia was nobody's enemy but Germany (And everybody they invaded pre-war, but that's beside the point)
2.) They were the third largest military presence in the 2nd World War. (Ahead of Britain, in my estimation)
Last.) They only took between 8 and 10 million Military casualties, as well as many more civilian casualties. To put this into perspective, militarily, Russia took more casualties than every other allied nation combined. Before you write off more deaths than the Holocaust (including Civilian casualties) as just two enemies killing each other, think about the sacrifices tens of millions of people gave on the Eastern front. No nation profited from that, and in no light can it ever be construed as a good thing.
As long as you don't deign to compare the Danish resistance to that of Yugoslavia, I am fine with this.
1.- Poland and several eastern European nations would disagree.
Second.- Quantity =/= Quality
C.- Ignore LatinKaiser the troll.
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EURO, I believe the worst kind of troll is the kind of troll who actually believes in what he is saying. Do you disagree?
