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The 12th SS Panzer Division of the Hitlerjugend was established later in World War II as Germany suffered more casualties, and more young people "volunteered", initially as reserves, but soon joined front line troops. These children saw extensive action and were among the fiercest and most effective German defenders in the Battle of Berlin. [11]
[21] 5,000 children were in the national army, [21] while others, including many street children, joined or were made to join armed groups. [22] After the genocide, 4,500 children were detained on suspicion of participating in atrocities, and were incarcerated for several years without charge or trial; [ 21 ] [ 31 ] some were sent to the ...
An example are the children born during and after World War II whose fathers were military personnel in regions occupied by Nazi Germany. These children claim they lived with their identity in an inner exile until the 1980s, when some of them officially acknowledged their status.
During the Iran–Iraq War, male children were drafted into the Basij army where, according to critics of the Iranian government, they "were sent to the front as waves of human shields". [ 169 ] [ 170 ] Other sources have estimated the total number of all Iranian casualties to be in the 200,000–600,000 range.
During World War II, ... proposed that the German 9th Army "evacuate" 40,000–50,000 children between 10 and 14 from the "territory of Army Group 'Centre'" to work ...
A 1934 photograph of a Rheinlander from the German Federal Archives.From 1933 Afro-Germans were persecuted by Nazi Germany. The postwar years in Germany brought new challenges, including an ultimately unknowable number of illegitimate children born from unions between occupying Black French, Moroccan, Algerian, and Black American soldiers and native German women. [9]
World War II crimes against children (4 C, 4 P) Pages in category "Children in World War II" The following 8 pages are in this category, out of 8 total.
German child soldiers in World War II (2 C, 8 P) Pages in category "Child soldiers in World War II" The following 95 pages are in this category, out of 95 total.