Every high school senior should read Beevor’s Battle of Stalingrad. Banned in Russia, because it told the truth of the largest and dirtiest battle fought on Earth. It was an apocalyptic nightmare, with Stalin refusing to evacuate women and children so that the remaining soldiers would fight harder. The Soviets poisoned the wells and in the starving ruins of the city the German soldiers would give a piece of bread to a desperate Russian child to take his canteen down to the Volga and fill it with water. And as they did that, those children were shot to death by Russia snipers from the other side of the river.
This will open your eyes to what can happen when things go wrong.
A staggering loss of life.
Thanks for that link. I’ve added that to my reading list, although it’s a very disturbing subject. Not the 1st time though.