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To: PJ-Comix

I’ve seen a few of these videos. One really bothered me.

The “diarist” was in the German army. His unit was caught up in a chaotic retreat on the Eastern front. It was late 1944, if I recall correctly. They came upon a German supply depot. The officer in charge refused to distribute any food without orders from above.

So someone in the diarist’s unit shot the supply officer. Then everyone just took what food they wanted. And that food was richly described. Smoked hams, wine, etc.

I dunno. Was the German army so undisciplined by then that they would shoot supply officers? Or was this all due to an AI with a good imagination?


4 posted on 08/26/2023 6:08:36 PM PDT by Leaning Right (The steal is real.)
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To: Leaning Right

I think I read something about that somewhere else, or something similar. Maybe in, “The Forgotten Soldier” or a book like it. If you haven’t read it, do. It’s one giant diary from a man of Franco-German descent who was drafted in 1943 or 1944 at sixteen into the Wehrmacht, and filled with stories similar to the one you mention.

All it takes is ONE undisciplined jerk who’s starving, as they most assuredly would have been at the Eastern Front at that time, sprinkled with panic, and that’s what you’d get. 3-5 days without food makes people lose their proverbial collective sh¡t.

That one I believe could have happened. Whether it did or not though is another matter.


17 posted on 08/26/2023 11:08:34 PM PDT by Tacrolimus1mg (Do no harm, but take no sh!t.)
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