Retreating Germans deliberately left massive stockpiles of alcohol behind in the hopes that advancing Russian troops would drink themselves into a stupor. The opposite happened. Much of the (well-deserved) brutality the Russians inflicted on soldiers and civilians alike during their march into Germany was attributed to drunkenness.
“Retreating Germans deliberately left massive stockpiles of alcohol behind...”
I was referring to conquering armies leaving alcohol untouched. Such as Company B.