I was reading a book which, talking about Vlasov, mentioned that some members of the wermacht's high command expected him to be a "russian de Gaulle" in term of being a respected military leader which might inspire a large number of soldiers and citizens to turn against the current goverment. One thing this got me thinking, could there have been at one point or another a "german de gaulle" that sided with the Allies ?
The person would probably have to be a high ranker currently or recently in the german army, probably with a few actions in the past (such as WW1 victories) that would show in the mind of germans he is a patriot opposed to the nazi and not just an opportunist switching side. Some charisma would probably help too.
It is doubtfull one such person would have been sought by the allies near the end of the war when victory was ensured so the first problem is that unlike russia and france, there was no german territory (either mainland or oversea) from which to draw recruits. There might be however 2 other sources: POW not all of which would have been thorougly indoctrinated like the waffen SS and some germans who had expatriated themselves before the war. Members of the judeo-german community (at least the ones not in palestine who might already be part of the british palestinian forces) might see this as a chance for some payback and germans in internment camps in various countries (after veting) could be convinced to join a "German Liberation Army" to prove their patriotism to their adopted countries.
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