Complex sentence: Beginning in October 1942, young Alsatian men were inducted into the German armed forces, and sometimes they were known as the "malgré-nous", which could be translated in English as "against our will".
Split into simpler sentences: Beginning in October 1942, young Alsatian men were inducted into the German armed forces. Sometimes they were known as the "malgré-nous", which could be translated in English as "against our will".