I'm rather curious about this, if someone can help:
I am reading a book about Lt. Hanns Alexander and Rudolf Höss. In this book there is a reference to "9mm Smith and Wesson revolvers" carried by British officers in German only British Pioneer Corps companies. These companies were comprised of German national immigrants who had enlisted and were put into Great Britain's Pioneer Corps for initial training, with British officers in charge of the companies. The Germans were not issued firearms at that time in training, with British officers only having firearms. The author, as I have accurately quoted, does not reference "Luger", only "9mm".
Questions: Did S&W actually make a 9mm Luger revolver before or during early WWII? Or, is this author incorrect in his statement. Could Hanns Alexander (with his German background) have simply just referenced the .38s as being 9mm with such a small difference in diameter, and the author picked up on this (sic, is there a European designation for our .38s)? There is no footnote or postscript to help with this reference. Seeing as this was in 1940/1941, and in Great Britain, I'm not sure how these designations were jumbled up, or not.
I did do a quick "google", and was left wanting for answers. I found reference of 9mm Model 10s being produced by the Israelis in the 50s (?), but this is not the right time frame, anyway.