John Kettler Posted October 18, 2021 Share Posted October 18, 2021 For sure some of this is Operation Bagration footage, but other parts may or may not be. Even so, there is much to see and learn here, including camouflage methods used, clearing out German dugouts, extremely primitive footbridges, Il-2 bombing technique (surprising to me) and my personal favorite, German troops fighting mountsd with handheld weapon from an 250 halftrack. Big brass ones seem to have been standard issue on both sides! Regards, John Kettler 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Erwin Posted October 18, 2021 Share Posted October 18, 2021 Thank you, John. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BornGinger Posted October 18, 2021 Share Posted October 18, 2021 It's a pity it was so short. Would have liked for it to be at least 30 minutes. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aragorn2002 Posted October 18, 2021 Share Posted October 18, 2021 Looks like those German prisoners at the end lost their shoes. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sgt.Squarehead Posted October 19, 2021 Share Posted October 19, 2021 Coincidentaly the Russians found some new ones at around the same time. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Kettler Posted October 20, 2021 Author Share Posted October 20, 2021 Erwin, You're most welcome. BornGinger, That would've been something, especially with better quality footage. Aragorn2002 and Sgt.Squarehead, From what I've read, Russians urgently needing footgear could and did take boots from newly captured German and other POWs. Accounts I've read talk of worn out Russian boots with gaping holes in the bottom blocked with cardboard from within. And just yesterday, I read of a partisan who showed up at a destitute aged couple's home with his footwraps (Russians don't wear socks) in such tatters that the woman took the cloth off the icon and gave it to him. At war's end, there were Russian soldiers still in their 1941 uniforms! Regards, John Kettler 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chuckdyke Posted October 23, 2021 Share Posted October 23, 2021 A pity if you turn on the English subtitles it is way off. Bordering on the ridiculous, but this man is a goldmine of useful information. It presses the importance of having infantry near you armor at all times. The Stugs had most of the times a party of a man of five on top. He described them a cannon fodder. Hull down positions, hard to find but extremely important. What we call horizontal communication: Lieutenant of the Wehrmacht equipped with binoculars: "Look behind you!" There he saw 14 tanks approaching their rear. I just say it again the English translation is at best cryptic, also I am not 100% familiar with the Flemish version of Dutch. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aragorn2002 Posted October 23, 2021 Share Posted October 23, 2021 (edited) Een Vlaamse leeuw. Very impressive, Chuckdyke. Thanks for posting that. Tells more than 10 history books. Edited October 23, 2021 by Aragorn2002 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chuckdyke Posted October 23, 2021 Share Posted October 23, 2021 10 minutes ago, Aragorn2002 said: Een Vlaamse leeuw. Very impressive, Chuckdyke. Thanks for posting that. Just listening how it relates to the game and how people have issues. Hull down is not as straight forward as it seems. C2, once among your own infantry unbutton and you get far more contacts. Spotting is team work optics alone gives you tunnel vision. Listening to him just confirms other veterans. They volunteered to fight communism not their own countrymen. They wanted to be allied with Germany and not to become Germans in a greater Germania. The Flemish SS underwent a name change and became Langemark not very popular at the time. There were a few more instances they fell out with the German command. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bulletpoint Posted November 3, 2021 Share Posted November 3, 2021 (edited) Reminds me of that moment in the film Stalingrad where - in the middle of an intense battle - a German soldier takes the boots from a dead Russian and is very relieved that they fit. I always thought that was one of the best scenes in the entire movie. Edited November 3, 2021 by Bulletpoint 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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