FOE HURLS RESERVES INTO ITALY BATTLE; U.S. PLANES BLAST KIEL AND PAS-DE-CALAIS (5/23/44)

Microfilm-New York Times archives, Monterey Public Library | 5/23/44 | Milton Bracker, Gene Currivan, Tillman Durdin, Frederick Graham

[AU72]

The Normandy deception was so well crafted the Hitler thought Normandy was just a feint and even 2 weeks after was waiting for the blow in Calais.

[colorado tanker]

And Hitler funded the research and training done by the scientists we and the Sov's grabbed after the War to use as the brainpower base for our programs.

Just another dumb decision that ultimately helped the Allies, even after the war!

[fso301]

If there are any booby traps, the Germans should know where they put them.

German POWs were used to clear minefields. IIRC, the French and Russians used German POWs for this purpose. After more or less conventionally clearing a field, the POWs would then be forced to about face, lock arms and walk the "cleared" field.

I wouldn't be surprised if in certain situations the Russians dispensed with the part about conventional clearing.

[Tax-chick]

The Russians used prisoners as human shields, iirc.

[henkster]

The Soviets used their own prisoners in penal battalions. Gotta love Soviet Communism, with its atheist philosophy. If you deny that men have souls and rights given by God, they are nothing more than pieces of meat to be disposed of as the state sees fit.

[Tax-chick]

... they are nothing more than pieces of meat to be disposed of as the state sees fit.

Or, "What's this we have now?"