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Originally posted by occrider Do you know what battlefront he was a part of (Moscow, Stalingrad, Kursk, etc.)?

i know his first combat was in stalingrad and he did fight in kursk. What a lucky man he fought in like the major battles of the 20th century. But if you asked him he isn't lucky according to him.

Stalingrad? wow! If "Enemy at the gates" was at all accurate, that place looked like hell on earth.

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Originally posted by metalgearsolid i know his first combat was in stalingrad and he did fight in kursk. What a lucky man he fought in like the major battles of the 20th century. But if you asked him he isn't lucky according to him.

He's lucky that he fought in one of the most bloody battles of the 20th century and survived! Also it's somewhat cool, in retrospect of course, that he fought in the biggest tank battle ever. Stalingrad sounds rough. It could have been rougher though ... he could have been a German who faught in Stalingrad .

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Originally posted by occrider He's lucky that he fought in one of the most bloody battles of the 20th century and survived! Also it's somewhat cool, in retrospect of course, that he fought in the biggest tank battle ever. Stalingrad sounds rough. It could have been rougher though ... he could have been a German who faught in Stalingrad .

yeah right. I asked him how it was for him he was like I HAD NO FUCKING GUN FOR THE FIRST WEEK! I was just running hoping i wouldn't nbe shot from a sniper or something. He also told me he ate rats cuz they had no food. He said they werent ready for the germans

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Originally posted by metalgearsolid yeah right. I asked him how it was for him he was like I HAD NO FUCKING GUN FOR THE FIRST WEEK! I was just running hoping i wouldn't nbe shot from a sniper or something. He also told me he ate rats cuz they had no food. He said they werent ready for the germans

shit, stuff like that is really hard to understand can really happen... and the russians get way too litle credit for what they did in WWII imo...

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Originally posted by St_Andrew shit, stuff like that is really hard to understand can really happen... and the russians get way too litle credit for what they did in WWII imo...

+1
I dont think the brits get much credit for some of the breakthroughs we had. But yes, the russians were in a worse spot.
Theres so many attrocities from ww" that dont get much publicity, like the Rape of Nanking...reading that stuff made me vomit, literally

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