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I think the PPCLI are that regiment I'm not sure about the prisoners possibly they got the reputation in Ortona. Ortona was a house to house fight that lasted 7 days over Xmas 43 against the 90th Pamzer grenadiers and the and the 1st FSJ paratroopers . They rewrote the Brit manual on house to house clearing.
Hi.
I heard a weird rumour lately. I heard that German troops were nicknaming Canadian troops the "Red Devils" during WWII because they had a reputation for not taking any prisoners.
Is that true ? Anyone can confirm that rumour ?
Old thread but hey, I didn't dig it up. As much as I hate wikipedia, this may have been who Maestro was referring to...https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Devil's_Brigade
Geo
If the killing of surrendering German troops by Canadians actually took place in Normandy then either it was deliberately forgotten about or happened on isolated occassions. I am pretty sure the dark truth is that there were times when both sides refused to take prisoners, either because they couldn't or just wouldn't.