Collaboration with Nazi Germany and Fascist Italy
In World War II, many governments, organizations and individuals collaborated with the Axis powers, "out of conviction, desperation, or under coercion." Nationalists sometimes welcomed German or Italian troops they believed would liberate their countries from colonization. The Danish, Belgian and Vichy French governments attempted to appease and bargain with the invaders in hopes of mitigating harm to their citizens and economies.
A Vlaamsch Nationaal Verbond (VNV) meeting in Ghent in 1941
Members of Free Corps Denmark leaving for the Eastern Front from Copenhagen's Hellerup station
HQ of the SS-Schalburgkorps in Copenhagen in 1943
Leader of Vichy France Marshal Philippe Pétain meeting Hitler at Montoire, 24 October 1940
Wartime collaboration is cooperation with the enemy against one's country of citizenship in wartime. As historian Gerhard Hirschfeld says, it "is as old as war and the occupation of foreign territory".
In France after liberation by the Allies, many women had their heads shaved as punishment for having had relationships with Germans.
Vidkun Quisling and Jonas Lie inspect the Norwegian Legion
Leader of the Independent State of Croatia, Ante Pavelić, shakes hands with Adolf Hitler in 1941
Japanese-American Iva Toguri, known as Tokyo Rose, was tried for treason after World War II for her broadcasts to American troops.
