The war and its gruesomeness on the Eastern front is almost impossible for Americans to imagine. Even those that are militarily educated to a degree. It was beyond our WW2 experience. I am a patriot and its still true, I can’t tolerate historic revision. The average German soldier trying to hold back the Russians did things every single day that we gave out metals for. It’s simply true. It is.
The war and its gruesomeness on the Eastern front is almost impossible for Americans to imagine.
My Grandfather spent almost 3 years in Russia, from Barbarossa, to Leningrad, to the Narva Line, and lived to tell about it later.
A Heer Civil Engineer, he said he built bridges across Russia, and blew them all up on the way out.
Take a look at the German air aces on the Eastern Front. US had no comparison.