Luftwaffe supply operation to Stalingrad pocket

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Panzermahn
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Luftwaffe supply operation to Stalingrad pocket

Post by Panzermahn » 11 Jul 2003 04:57

I get to known from a url (sorry i forgotten the link) THAT during the supply operation to the stalingrad pocket..the luftwaffe actually sent a container with condoms to the troops trapped in the pocket of stalingrad..is this true?

Can anyone post any picture of the ReichsKondom?
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Re: Luftwaffe supply operation to Stalingrad pocket

Post by xcalibur » 11 Jul 2003 05:19

panzermahn wrote:I get to known from a url (sorry i forgotten the link) THAT during the supply operation to the stalingrad pocket..the luftwaffe actually sent a container with condoms to the troops trapped in the pocket of stalingrad..is this true?

Can anyone post any picture of the ReichsKondom?
I have read this as well... Not on the internet but in the book Enemy at the Gates published sometime in the '70's. The author enumerates multiple SNAFUs during that airlift operation.
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