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* Abdullah of Jordan was a political rival of the Zionists rather then a racial enemy and possibly no more a rival then with many Arabs. While this claim is something of [[Some of My Best Friends Are X|a cliche]] it seems to have been true in his case. Moreover his army kept order in parts of the Middle East the British could not spare troops for. And it actively assisted in the conquest of Syria from the Vichyites (one of the few instances where Jordan and Israel were fighting on the same side).
* Haile Selassie, Emperor of Ethiopia (perhaps High King might be a better rendering given the political set up in Ethiopia) took sides with the British to reclaim his throne from the Italians. Obviously he had no interest in being a Nazi.
* Indian Kshatriya (roughly the counterpart of knights) often enrolled in the [[Kipling's Finest|Indian Army]] and fought the Germans. Usually for [[Punch Clock Hero|money]] or [[Proud Warrior Race Guy|tradition]] rather then active anti-naziism but they were hardly pro nazi. And the best pf them were fearsome foes indeed.
* American old-money were not aristocrats as patents of nobility were unconstitutional and there was to much land in America for an enclosed clique to get an oligopoly. They were however often dynasts and often indistinguishable from Nobles proper. They had a record as mixed as any. Joe Kennedy seems to have backed positions that with the benefit of hindsight look like collaboration. But John (the later President) was a well-known naval officer. Bush senior was a Navy pilot. And a number of old money sorts got into the OSS; being an entitled traveller or an apprentice to a multinational was a great cover for doing strange things in a strange city. One of these was the famous Alan Dulles, who spent large parts of his career intriguing with anti-Nazi conspirators in Germany from his Swiss base. He was from a "Boston Brahmin" family and had an ancestor on the Mayflower.
* Basically nobles sided with either their country or their political convictions. Or followed their interests. Or just got out of the way as best they could. In other words they kind of behaved like, [[Captain Obvious|everyone else in the entire world.]] There was no inherent reason for Nazis and Nobles to gravitate toward each other. Nobles had more then enough flattery for their bloodline anyway. And they would have been biased against the idea of an erratic state that might not protect their property.
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