A French policeman salutes a Nazi officer in Paris, 1941

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Anachron101 on June 15th, 2024 at 15:26 UTC »

Before all the sad comments about this policeman "betraying his people", or some such: if you pretend that you wouldn't do everything you could to survive during the occupation of a homicidal regime, then you are just as delusional as the guy who thought he should fight on two fronts.

badamache on June 15th, 2024 at 16:14 UTC »

In the same war, American enlisted men were required by their superiors to salute Japanese POW officers.

Orapac4142 on June 15th, 2024 at 16:22 UTC »

Man does whats required to not be executed in the streets.