From what I can find, the number of collaborators overall was absolutely higher than the number of people who died fighting the Nazis, but it's unclear how many of those collaborators died in the war.
Denmark declared itself neutral, there was never any real conflict between Denmark and Germany. The latter just occupied it, and then took over in 1943.
It was already the third time that he had decided to return after spending time in the conflict zone. In the Netherlands, he worked as a ship mechanic. He enjoyed that work.
"But when you've been so deeply involved in that war, normal life is difficult. That's a subject I've talked about a lot with other lads who've been through the same thing."
"An American friend said: I can't do it. That war is in my head. I have to be there, I have to have a weapon in my hand for the equivalent of 500 dollars a month, which often isn't even paid."
"War is absolutely addictive, Hendrik noticed. Especially the feeling that you are part of a larger whole, a fighting machine where, when it comes down to it, there are no rules."
‘When you step into that machine, the rest of the world ceases to exist. Only that moment matters. So what happens when you go home? It's nice to see your family again. Your body is here, but your head is there. And so, in February last year, I went back to Ukraine.’
People like this guy are deeply sick in the head. Best we can hope for is that most of them never return.
Sadly there are legitimately people who seethe about Russia and China 24/7. This is mostly Europeans, who are so brain-broken, so mind-warped, that on their deathbeds, the only thing they'd think is:
I think the best way to convince Europeans liberals to oppose the USA, is to imprint on them that they are not safe, and that the USA is certainly going to coup them as well eventually.
All those social safety nets? Those cherished regulations on corporations? It's all gonna disappear if you don't do shit.
From what I can find, the number of collaborators overall was absolutely higher than the number of people who died fighting the Nazis, but it's unclear how many of those collaborators died in the war.
Denmark declared itself neutral, there was never any real conflict between Denmark and Germany. The latter just occupied it, and then took over in 1943.