hi! there have been a few questions about Americans fighting for Germany in WWII; they may not address all of your questions, but will get you started:

• How many US citizens of German descent fought for Germany in WW2? Thinking of this scene in Band of Brothers where the soldiers meet a German POW... who speaks perfect English.

• In the series Band of Brothers during the post D-Day operations one of the German prisoners turns out to have been an who had gone to Germany at the beginning of the war. Was this common?

• In the second episode of Band of Brothers, one of the characters encounters an -born German soldier. Are there any actual records of Americans with German ancestry returning to Germany to fight for the Axis powers?

• Did any non-Germans join the Nazi Army during WWII?

• I keep hearing about people from other countries who were forcibly conscripted to fight for the Nazis or Soviets in WWII. Historically, what was conscription like in Europe?

• What fate awaited the Americans who volunteered for service in the Wehrmacht?

A follow up question: does anyone know how accurately Kurt Vonnegut portrays Howard W. Campbell Jr, an American Nazi, in Slaughterhouse Five?