tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5030145265861917845.post2586724619218855893..comments2024-03-28T14:35:30.147-04:00Comments on Tank Archives: Demobilization and AmnestyPeterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09622237223229485503noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5030145265861917845.post-15379986160464573672019-03-28T13:32:17.973-04:002019-03-28T13:32:17.973-04:00I wasn't taking it seriously either, but figur...I wasn't taking it seriously either, but figured the point could be elaborated upon ;)<br /><br />I think the logic was that you were supposed to "go down swinging" for the sake of the Motherland and the Revolution or somesuch. Radical-revolutionary regimes can be weird like that.<br /><br />More practically though from what I've read the Soviet paranoia about saboteurs among freed and escaped POWs was by no means groundless - the Germans really did recruit and employ those in fairly large numbers. A fair few unceremoniously turned themselves in the second the reached Soviet lines, presumably because they had a realistic idea about their odds otherwise, and the SMERSH filter caught most of the rest in short order, but the collateral damage to quite innocent men was predictable enough.<br />Not that either the German spooks or the NKVD lost any sleep over that ofc...Kellomieshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04915110653443066212noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5030145265861917845.post-12533031022429174132019-03-28T12:40:48.286-04:002019-03-28T12:40:48.286-04:00I wasn't being serious :)
Well, not exactly. ...I wasn't being serious :)<br /><br />Well, not exactly. I am a little surprised, considering how harsh the wartime punishments could be. Getting captured is treason???Chits 'n' Thingshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01819307975178436315noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5030145265861917845.post-36056203946189270262019-03-28T06:34:24.687-04:002019-03-28T06:34:24.687-04:00Give them a break, they were literally starting to...Give them a break, they were literally starting to run out of men towards the end and needed to get the rebuilding started ASAP. Needs must etc. And it's not like Big Brother's card indexes forgot your wartime misdeeds anyway should they become relevant later...Kellomieshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04915110653443066212noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5030145265861917845.post-16260556964948757722019-03-28T02:14:39.098-04:002019-03-28T02:14:39.098-04:00Man, they were soft ...Man, they were soft ...Chits 'n' Thingshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01819307975178436315noreply@blogger.com