Malgré-nous
Malgré-nous (French pronunciation: [malɡʁe nu], lit. 'despite ourselves' or, more figuratively, 'we who are forced against our will') is a term that refers to men from Alsace–Lorraine who were conscripted into the German military after the region's annexation from France during World War II. They are sometimes referred to as forced enlistees (French: Enrolés de force). == History == Based on orders from Gauleiter Robert Heinrich Wagner, the regional military governor of Alsace, of 25 August 1942, some 100,000 Alsatians and 30,000 Mosellans were drafted by force into the German armed forces.