FlyingKiwi
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go have a read at http://www.iremember.ru/index_e.htm
That will explain a few things about Stalingrad and how the Russians fought through the war.
Lots of BS will be settled quickly. Read the story from a female sniper.
also http://www.eng.9may.ru/eng_album/
Yes Penal Battalions were often sent in to "Break Up" mine fields, the saying was if you were in the PB there were 2 ways out "Win or Die".
Also, at the Tractor Factory in Stalingrad, T-34's were rolling off at one end unpainted, getting a crew and going to the other end to fight. That is "close quarter fighting" in the extreme.
That will explain a few things about Stalingrad and how the Russians fought through the war.
Lots of BS will be settled quickly. Read the story from a female sniper.
also http://www.eng.9may.ru/eng_album/
Yes Penal Battalions were often sent in to "Break Up" mine fields, the saying was if you were in the PB there were 2 ways out "Win or Die".
Also, at the Tractor Factory in Stalingrad, T-34's were rolling off at one end unpainted, getting a crew and going to the other end to fight. That is "close quarter fighting" in the extreme.