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Fluffy muff wrote:The one were Hitler is shaking hands with his frontline troops is shocking, they look about 13 years old.
Lord Codwand wrote:It was common to see boys of 12/13 on the front line at that time, they were pretty much all that was left along with Volksturm (Old men, mentally ill, criminals etc...), SS (mostly foreign troops by then) and a few regular army units.
Girls of the same age (and younger boys) were enlisted to operate anti-aircraft guns, run food + ammunition to the front line and generally help out wherever they could. Women were given Panzerfausts (anti tank weapons) which had the instructions printed on them of how to use them.
Total war.
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