**I thought Robert Shaw in the otherwise painful Battle of the Bulge singing Das Panzerlied was pretty amazing.**
**— Colonel Hessler’s death in Battle of the Bulge**
He was hard to figure out until the end. He knew Germany was losing. His troops were very green. He had a big problem with the Malmedy massacre suggesting he knew military tactics and strategy.
“This war can go on!” I knew then he was crazy. Kicking out that fraulein in the beginning I liked as a 10 year old. Then when I saw it again as a 17 year old I was confused.
The same way people wear old Soviet regalia as.campish while ignoring the murderous history of the regime.