ww2 three german soldiers stabbed and strangled

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[waffenss893]

hollywood shit

[Christopher4015]

"man this is a good smoke, I don't think I can even turn around"

[Glenn1967ful]

@dancinkindofguy

Andy Mac Nab wrote the same in Bravo Two Zero, the old catch them from behind and stab them routine beloved of war movie directors is very difficult to do as the soldier being attacked is likely to fight for his life and it is extremely difficult to kill someone in one go with a knife.

[BcallingDB]

What is most ridiculous is that the Germans were accused of having the most brutally efficient and destruction-causing army of all time, yet practically every non-German movie portrayal shows the Wehrmacht and SS as utterly incompetent idiots.

[awarefriend46]

i have a big bick

u read it wrong

[jadger1871]

@dancinkindofguy you said: "That was based on how well German immigrants fought in the Civil War", you even quoted that yourself. Now, how did they fight in the civil war that put their fighting prowess in doubt?

[dancinkindofguy]

@jadger1871 I didn't in any way say the German-Americans in the Civil War were cowardly. I said the General Staff before American involvement in WWI had a low opinion of them and I said that was unfair because it was mostly based on one battle and only a small percectage of them. I don't know how you got that out of what I posted.

[jadger1871]

the 74th regt received its bad rep because at Chancellorsville when they were attacked by surprise in the flank by overwhelming Confederate troops. they lost over 100 men, more than 25% of their strength. A unit is considered combat inneffective at 10% casualties, they fought hard before retreating. The whole XI corps fared very poorly in the battle, but because the 74th was mainly German immigrants they were prejudiced against and bigoted common soldiers claimed the Germans were cowards.

[jadger1871]

@dancinkindofguy not true at all, 23.4% of the Union army were German-Americans, so you are saying 1 in 4 Union soldiers were cowardly and didn't know how to fight. A number of them received the Medal of Honour. The all-German regiments had good reputations except one, the 74th Pennsylvania, which was an undue reputation

They were also considered cowardly because a lot of early German immigrants were Quakers and Mennonites, people who are pacifists and so did not support war.

[dancinkindofguy]

@November10th1775USMC I can see where you thought I contradicted myself. I said "That was based on how well German immigrants fought in the Civil War"; I probably should have said "how poor the fought". So the Staff thought they fought poorly is what I was trying to convey.

[November10th1775USMC]

@dancinkindofguy You say they had a low opinion of german fighting ability before world war one and then contradict your self by saying they were known as good soldiers because they fought so well in the civil war. Civil war - 1860s, WW1 - 1914.

[dancinkindofguy]

@therohvac The American General Staff did have a low opinion of German fighting ability at least before WW1. That was based on how well German immigrants fought in the Civil War. Even that was an unfair ascessment since it was based on the battle of Chancellorsville when Stonewall Jackson got around on the flank of the mostly German comprised Union 11th Corps and routed them, but that would have happened to everybody else I'm sure