John Amery

John Amery was a British fascist who collaborated with Nazi Germany during World War II, recruiting for the British Free Corps. Convicted of treason, he was executed in 1945.

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Leopold Amery: Leopold Amery was a British Conservative politician and cabinet minister, and John Amery’s father. His father’s political stature sharpened the contrast with John’s Nazi collaboration.
British Free Corps: The British Free Corps was a small Waffen-SS unit composed chiefly of British and Commonwealth prisoners of war. Amery’s best-known project was recruiting British prisoners for this German unit.
British Union of Fascists: The British Union of Fascists was a fascist political party founded by Oswald Mosley in 1932. Amery moved in Britain’s fascist milieu before becoming a wartime collaborator.
High treason in the United Kingdom: High treason in the United Kingdom is the offense of betraying the Crown or aiding its enemies, as defined by statute and case law. Amery’s conviction became a prominent modern application of the offense.
Oswald Mosley: Oswald Mosley was a British politician who founded the British Union of Fascists. Mosley’s movement shaped the fascist politics Amery embraced before the war.
Nazi propaganda: Nazi propaganda was the organized use of communication to promote Nazi ideology and advance the regime’s aims. Amery’s broadcasts and recruitment appeals served Germany’s wartime propaganda effort.
British fascism: British fascism comprises movements and ideologies in Britain influenced by authoritarian nationalism and European fascist politics. Amery’s collaboration grew from a domestic fascist commitment rather than a conventional military career.
Treason: Treason is the betrayal of a state or sovereign, commonly through aiding an enemy or attempting to overthrow authority. Amery’s prosecution concerned the wartime form of betrayal legally charged as high treason.
William Joyce: William Joyce, known as Lord Haw-Haw, was an English-language broadcaster for Nazi Germany during World War II. Like Amery, Joyce was a British fascist who served Nazi Germany and faced treason proceedings.
Lord Haw-Haw: Lord Haw-Haw was the nickname for English-language radio broadcasts from Nazi Germany, especially those voiced by William Joyce. Amery also made propaganda broadcasts from Germany, though he was not Lord Haw-Haw.