mooxe wrote (View Post): |
Now reading A Perfect Hell, sorry of the "Devils Brigade," its pretty good. Half way in I had to go watch the movie... which ofcourse was pure Hollywood EXCEPT!!! for how the Canadian came marching in with band playing, kilts and the high arm drill. That was the best part in the movie.
The book centers on some main characters and their exploits mostly behind enemy lines. Lots of infiltration, hunting, recon and silent killing. A good read. |
Dima wrote (View Post): |
The new book Soldaten, was released recently in Germany.
The myth that the Nazi-era German armed forces, the Wehrmacht, was not involved in war crimes persisted for decades after the war. Now two German researchers have destroyed it once and for all. Newly published conversations between German prisoners of war, secretly recorded by the Allies, reveal horrifying details of violence against civilians, rape and genocide. http://www.spiegel.de/international/germany/0,1518,755385,00.html |
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We should assume all militaries partake in murdering which is confined to very small elements like platoon or below. |
Dima wrote (View Post): | ||
That's true for most of the armies but the army of nazi Germany was taking part in such atrocities on a regular basis as it was a continuation of the state policy. |
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"Penalty Strike: The Memoirs Of A Red Army Penal Company Commander" by Alexander Pyl'cyn
"Death Traps Survival American Division" by Belton Y. Cooper |
Priapus wrote (View Post): |
Yeah, it was incredible. Although there appears to be some debate about the authors legitimacy. A big budget film adaptation was canceled recently because of the broken economy. Looking forward to seeing things from the other sides perspective, although I can't imagine it being much cheerier. |
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