Re: but was probably just a poor squaddie expected to fend for himself
Anthony Beevor's Stalingrad and The Fall of Berlin might change your mind about those "poor squaddies".
Did mine. I take tales of the Gentlemanly Wehrmacht As Opposed To The SS Scum with a pinch of salt after reading them at the end of the last and the turn of the new centuries.
Hee hee. Love being able to say "A century ago, we used to etc etc"
Wait. No, I hate that.
Where's my dinner?