Germany
- Baron George Von Scheffler, Gardes du Corps (Prussia) 1914-18
In the First World War Imperial Germany tried with the help of Roger Casement to recruit an "Irish Brigade" from Irish-born prisoners of war in the British Army. By 1916 only 52 men had volunteered, and the plan was abandoned.
In the Second World War a smaller number volunteered to join the Wehrmacht of Nazi Germany and were trained at Friesack Camp. Separately some IRA sympathisers planned certain operations with the Abwehr that were generally unsuccessful.
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