http://www.2worldwar2.com/knights-cross.htm
An interesting read, thought I might share with you all here.
An interesting read, thought I might share with you all here.
Arclight said:I see how it is. :lol:
The german soldier was never replaced. He kept fighting until he was either killed or became invalid or was captured or until the last day of world war 2. Injured soldiers which recovered returned to their units and kept fighting. As german fighter pilot ace Gunther Rall (275 kills) said in an interview many years after world war 2, such endless combat activity simply meant that "It was either the iron cross or the wooden cross" - a medal or a grave.
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