oleg wrote:ah Geraman memories... here is the summary form my point of view
1. Hitler always hindered our plans . Hitler was an idiot. German soldier rules forever !!!. Every German commander is like Frederic der Grosser but without bad habits.
2. Russians overwhelmed us with cannon fodder. Russians had a lot of it. Russian soldier is a child of nature – he eats whatever can’t run from him, he can sleep standing – as a horse, and he can infiltrate. We with our own eyes saw how entire Russian tank armies managed to infiltrate the frontline – and nothing gave it away – just yesterday it was simply an artillery barrage, aerial bombardment, Russian offensive , and oops – it is a Russian tank army in our rear.
3. SS sometimes overdid it. Meaning if we limited ourselves to common pillage, executions, rape and destruction which sometimes were cased by German soldier, from the abundance of Arian power, much more people would accept new order with pleasure.
4. Russian had t-34. That was not fair because we did not have anything like that.
5. Russian had many antitank guns. Every Russian had its own antitank gun – he was hiding it in pit holes, hollows, in the grass and under tree roots.
6. Russian had many Mongols and Turkmen. Mongols and Turkmen when supported by Commissars are horrible thing
7. Russians had commissars. Commissars are horrible thing . By definition. Most of the commissars were Jews. Even dirty Jews. We unthinkingly killed our own Jews. Himler was an idiot.
8. Russian did not fight fare they imitated surrender and then shot German soldiers in the back. Once the entire Russian tank crop surrendered and then shot in the back German heavy tank battalion.
9. Russians killed German soldiers. That was not fair, because it was German soldier who was supposed to kill Russians. All Russian are morons
10. .Allies betrayed us – meaning American and British.
Some additions if I may, Oleg
11. Russian soldiers are invulnerable to cold. It is too much for a tender German soldier to bear such low temperatures.
12. Russians see at night like cats - they attack us in the night when we get ready for bed. Morons give us some rest and sleep.
13. Russians have no regard for a human life, least their own. They attack in droves, step over the bodies of their dead compatriots and swarm our positions like ants.
14. Russians are terrific close quarters fighters. They were trained how to fight in the cities.
15. Russians raped every german woman when they entered Germany.
16. We tried to hang as few people as possible but they are all partisans.
17. Our soldiers when becoming prisoners of war are being eaten by this mongol horde.
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