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German wounded could opt to not have an amputation if their mind was
clear. I don't think U.S. soldiers were given this chance. German medics
carried a pistol to put rhe grievous wounded out of their pain. I believe
GI medics used morphine to that same purpose.
clear. I don't think U.S. soldiers were given this chance. German medics
carried a pistol to put rhe grievous wounded out of their pain. I believe
GI medics used morphine to that same purpose.
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Hmmm.. I also wonder on which informations you base this statement. I am sorry to say that this statement is totally unrealistic and not based on medical knowledge or experience.
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Hi everybody; Where did this nonsense come from ? German medics were in no way allowed to shoot any wounded soldier, friend or foe even at his own request. There may have been a rogue one, who took the law in his own hands, but if found out, he would have faced a firing squad.
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Panzermeyer you are right... they didn´t have penecillin but some by far not as effective comparable medicaments.
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In the book Guy Sajer he talks about the wounded and "mercy killing". Mercy killing according to him (assuming for the moment the book is true) was strictly against German Military law and carried a very stiff penalty.
I doubt the Germans were any worse then any of the other Western Allies in field medical care and more advanced in some areas. Of course we all know Germany had some of the finest doctors on the planet, still do actually. There is no time for consultation when a soldiers leg is destroyed from toe to hip, I would assume like any field medical facility the doctor would make an instant and on the spot decisions and go forward. What’s the point in asking the soldier when he will be dead within a week if the leg is not removed. Germany would not receive penicillin until after the war. Even with the new medicines amputations were still very common all the way through the Vietnam War, reduced a great deal of course.
I have read some harrowing tells of Soviet Field Medical facilities but I have no real information on their capabilities.
I doubt the Germans were any worse then any of the other Western Allies in field medical care and more advanced in some areas. Of course we all know Germany had some of the finest doctors on the planet, still do actually. There is no time for consultation when a soldiers leg is destroyed from toe to hip, I would assume like any field medical facility the doctor would make an instant and on the spot decisions and go forward. What’s the point in asking the soldier when he will be dead within a week if the leg is not removed. Germany would not receive penicillin until after the war. Even with the new medicines amputations were still very common all the way through the Vietnam War, reduced a great deal of course.
I have read some harrowing tells of Soviet Field Medical facilities but I have no real information on their capabilities.
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Germans didn't have penicillin during WW2. It was discovered years before WW2, but it was taken in to use and mass-produced during WW2 only by western allies (namely USA).
Instead Germans (like other participants of war) used sulfa powder to disinfect wounds - this was moderately effective, but not as good as penicillin.
Often forgotten and extremely important effect of penicillin was that it was first really effective medicine against veneral diseases. Hundreds of thousands of men caught some STD during WW2 and treating them was highly important matter on regards of lost manpower.
Germans didn't have penicillin during WW2. It was discovered years before WW2, but it was taken in to use and mass-produced during WW2 only by western allies (namely USA).
Instead Germans (like other participants of war) used sulfa powder to disinfect wounds - this was moderately effective, but not as good as penicillin.
Often forgotten and extremely important effect of penicillin was that it was first really effective medicine against veneral diseases. Hundreds of thousands of men caught some STD during WW2 and treating them was highly important matter on regards of lost manpower.
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And what is the purpose of this post?
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german medics ww2
This is where i got the info regarding medics shooting badly wounded.