By Edmund Blanford, Edmund Blandford
Blandford writes a really aim view of an elite combating strength. The Waffen SS was once a mechanized infantry wrestle unit, no longer the SS(non-military) of the notorious focus camps. The booklet comprises anecdotes from genuine wrestle veterans: tales of fellows fearing dying, what it felt to be in strive against, to be wounded, and the comradary of the SS. those males at the such a lot half weren't political, yet males combating for what on the time they felt was once honor for they are kingdom. The Waffen SS used to be now not not like the mystique of being a SEAL,Green Beret,Ranger, or Marine Recon.
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There were six Poles, only one of them still alive and wounded and he was taken away. 'These small actions went on day after day, by which time I could not see why I had not been killed as many of comrades had vanished and I had seen much of the ugliness of war. " I was a trained soldier for the job and firmly believed that it had to be done. The Poles had been committing atrocities against our minorities in the border areas so the fighting was inevitable. The fact of Nazi lies and propaganda was not then known to us.
We had to fire and run, fire and run, all the time. Then we joined up with the battalions on exercises which included more live firing and lectures, both in the classrooms and in the open about fielder aft, fortifications, and how to use various weapons to best advantage. We were shown mortars and machine-guns and in a few days were learning how to use them, so the training was very comprehensive and went on at a rapid pace for week after week. 38 HITLER'S SECOND ARMY 'We became tough and hardened after being out in all weathers, and before long began to feel like veterans.
I remember the first time I saw a Polish soldier and killed him. He had a long rifle and was partly hidden behind a ruined wall. He was shooting at us and I knelt down and took careful aim before pulling the trigger of my rifle. He fell over sideways and I rushed forward in some excitement, but felt strangely unhappy when I found him with a hole in his head. My NCO pushed me on with the rest of the squad. ' Peter Zahnfeld wondered how he had fared in his first action: 'Fortunately, I had some first-rate NCOs with me who knew their stuff, though one had been killed who I thought highly of.