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Russian eyes of enemies
Thank Russian weapons knows no boundaries. Russian soldiers suffered what never suffered and will suffer the soldiers the armies of other countries. This is evidenced by entries in the memoirs of soldiers and officers of the Wehrmacht, where they admired the actions of the Red Army:
Chief of Staff of the 4th Army Wehrmacht General Gunther Blumentritt (1)
"Close contact with nature allows the Russian to move freely at night in the fog, through forests and swamps. They are not afraid of the dark, endless forests and cold. They are not a novelty of winter, when the temperature drops to minus 45. Siberian, which partly or even completely possible to consider Asians, even tougher, even more ... We have already experienced it myself during the First World War, when we had to deal with Siberian aremeyskim housing »
"For Europeans, accustomed to a small area of the distance in the East seem endless ... Horror intensified melancholy, monotonous nature of the Russian landscape, which is depressing, especially gloomy autumn and painfully long winter. The psychological impact of the country on average German soldier was very strong. He felt worthless, lost in these vast expanses »
"Russian soldiers prefer melee. His ability to endure deprivation s flinching is a true surprise. This is a Russian soldier, whom we have learned and imbued with respect to which a quarter of a century ago. "
"It was very difficult to make a clear idea of equipping the Red Army ... Hitler refused to believe that the Soviet industrial production can be equal to German. We had little information concerning the Russian tanks. We had no idea about how many tanks per month is able to produce the Russian industry.
It was hard to even get the card, as the Russian held them in great secrecy. Those cards, which we had, were often incorrect and misleading.
On the combat power of the Russian army, we also did not have accurate data. Those of us who have fought in Russia during the First World War, believed that it is high, and those who did not know the new enemy, tended to underestimate her. "
"The behavior of Russian troops even in the first battle was in striking contrast with the behavior of Poles and Western allies in the defeat. Even surrounded by Russian heavy fighting continued. Where roads were not, in most cases, Russian remained inaccessible. They are always trying to break through to the east ... Our environment Russian rarely successful. "
"From Field Marshal von Bock to soldier all hoping that soon we will be marching through the streets of the Russian capital. Hitler even set up a special demining team, which was to destroy the Kremlin.
When we came close to Moscow, the mood of our commanders and troops suddenly changed. To my surprise and disappointment, we found in October and early November that the Russian defeated not ceased to exist as a military force. In recent weeks, resistance intensified fighting and tension grew with each passing day ... »
From the memoirs of German soldiers (2)
"Russian do not surrender. The explosion, another, all is quiet for a moment, and then they opened fire again ... »
"With amazement we watched Russian. They seem to be the case and was not up to the fact that their main forces crushed ... »
"Loaf of bread had to cut down with an ax. Several schastlivchiikam managed to acquire Russian outfit ... »
"My God, what are these Russian conceived to do with us? We all shall die here! .. »
Colonel-General (later - Field Marshal) von Kleist (3)
"Russian from the very beginning showed himself as a first-class soldiers, and our success in the first months of the war were due to a better preparation. Having gained combat experience, they have become first-class soldiers. They fought with exceptional tenacity, had amazing stamina ... »
General von Manstein (also a future field marshal) (4)
"It often happened that the Soviet soldiers raised their hands to show that they give us into captivity, and after our Marines approached them, they again resorted to arms; wounded or feign death and then shot in the rear of our soldiers. "
Diary General Halder (5)
"It should be noted the persistence of certain compounds in the Russian battle. There have been cases where the garrisons of pillboxes blew himself up along with pillboxes, not wanting to surrender. " (Record of June 24). "Data from the front confirms that Russian everywhere fighting to the last man ... It is striking that in the capture of artillery it.p.v prisoner shall be few." (June 29). "The fighting with Russian are extremely stubborn. It captured only a small number of prisoners. " (July 4.)
Field Marshal Brauchitsch (July 1941) (5)
"The originality and uniqueness of the character of the country gives the campaign a special Russian specifics. The first serious opponent »
The commander of the 41st Panzer Corps Wehrmacht General Rayngart (6)
"About a hundred of our tanks, of which about a third were T-IV, took the starting position for a counterattack. On three sides we fired on Russian iron monster, but all in vain ...
Layered on the front and the depth of Russian giants came closer and closer. One of them approached our tank, hopelessly stuck in a swampy pond. Without any hesitation black monster went around the tank and press it into the dirt tracks.
At this moment arrived 150 mm howitzer. While artillery commander warned of the approach of enemy tanks, guns opened fire, but again to no avail.
One of the Soviet tanks approached the howitzer of 100 meters. The gunners opened fire on him point-blank range, and made contact with - is like lightning struck. Tank stopped. "We knocked it" - relieved gunners. Suddenly, someone screamed hysterically calculation tools, "He went back!" Indeed, the tank came to life and began to approach the gun. Another minute, and shiny metal tank tracks imprinted like a toy howitzer to the ground. Having finished with the gun, the tank continued on his way as if nothing had happened »
Joseph Goebbels (7)
"Courage - a courage inspired by spirituality. Perseverance, on which the Bolsheviks defended in their pillboxes in Sevastopol, akin to certain animal instinct, and it would be a profound mistake to regard it as a result of Bolshevik opinion or education. Russian has always been so and will likely always remain so "
Chief of Staff of the 4th Army Wehrmacht General Gunther Blumentritt (1)
"Close contact with nature allows the Russian to move freely at night in the fog, through forests and swamps. They are not afraid of the dark, endless forests and cold. They are not a novelty of winter, when the temperature drops to minus 45. Siberian, which partly or even completely possible to consider Asians, even tougher, even more ... We have already experienced it myself during the First World War, when we had to deal with Siberian aremeyskim housing »
"For Europeans, accustomed to a small area of the distance in the East seem endless ... Horror intensified melancholy, monotonous nature of the Russian landscape, which is depressing, especially gloomy autumn and painfully long winter. The psychological impact of the country on average German soldier was very strong. He felt worthless, lost in these vast expanses »
"Russian soldiers prefer melee. His ability to endure deprivation s flinching is a true surprise. This is a Russian soldier, whom we have learned and imbued with respect to which a quarter of a century ago. "
"It was very difficult to make a clear idea of equipping the Red Army ... Hitler refused to believe that the Soviet industrial production can be equal to German. We had little information concerning the Russian tanks. We had no idea about how many tanks per month is able to produce the Russian industry.
It was hard to even get the card, as the Russian held them in great secrecy. Those cards, which we had, were often incorrect and misleading.
On the combat power of the Russian army, we also did not have accurate data. Those of us who have fought in Russia during the First World War, believed that it is high, and those who did not know the new enemy, tended to underestimate her. "
"The behavior of Russian troops even in the first battle was in striking contrast with the behavior of Poles and Western allies in the defeat. Even surrounded by Russian heavy fighting continued. Where roads were not, in most cases, Russian remained inaccessible. They are always trying to break through to the east ... Our environment Russian rarely successful. "
"From Field Marshal von Bock to soldier all hoping that soon we will be marching through the streets of the Russian capital. Hitler even set up a special demining team, which was to destroy the Kremlin.
When we came close to Moscow, the mood of our commanders and troops suddenly changed. To my surprise and disappointment, we found in October and early November that the Russian defeated not ceased to exist as a military force. In recent weeks, resistance intensified fighting and tension grew with each passing day ... »
From the memoirs of German soldiers (2)
"Russian do not surrender. The explosion, another, all is quiet for a moment, and then they opened fire again ... »
"With amazement we watched Russian. They seem to be the case and was not up to the fact that their main forces crushed ... »
"Loaf of bread had to cut down with an ax. Several schastlivchiikam managed to acquire Russian outfit ... »
"My God, what are these Russian conceived to do with us? We all shall die here! .. »
Colonel-General (later - Field Marshal) von Kleist (3)
"Russian from the very beginning showed himself as a first-class soldiers, and our success in the first months of the war were due to a better preparation. Having gained combat experience, they have become first-class soldiers. They fought with exceptional tenacity, had amazing stamina ... »
General von Manstein (also a future field marshal) (4)
"It often happened that the Soviet soldiers raised their hands to show that they give us into captivity, and after our Marines approached them, they again resorted to arms; wounded or feign death and then shot in the rear of our soldiers. "
Diary General Halder (5)
"It should be noted the persistence of certain compounds in the Russian battle. There have been cases where the garrisons of pillboxes blew himself up along with pillboxes, not wanting to surrender. " (Record of June 24). "Data from the front confirms that Russian everywhere fighting to the last man ... It is striking that in the capture of artillery it.p.v prisoner shall be few." (June 29). "The fighting with Russian are extremely stubborn. It captured only a small number of prisoners. " (July 4.)
Field Marshal Brauchitsch (July 1941) (5)
"The originality and uniqueness of the character of the country gives the campaign a special Russian specifics. The first serious opponent »
The commander of the 41st Panzer Corps Wehrmacht General Rayngart (6)
"About a hundred of our tanks, of which about a third were T-IV, took the starting position for a counterattack. On three sides we fired on Russian iron monster, but all in vain ...
Layered on the front and the depth of Russian giants came closer and closer. One of them approached our tank, hopelessly stuck in a swampy pond. Without any hesitation black monster went around the tank and press it into the dirt tracks.
At this moment arrived 150 mm howitzer. While artillery commander warned of the approach of enemy tanks, guns opened fire, but again to no avail.
One of the Soviet tanks approached the howitzer of 100 meters. The gunners opened fire on him point-blank range, and made contact with - is like lightning struck. Tank stopped. "We knocked it" - relieved gunners. Suddenly, someone screamed hysterically calculation tools, "He went back!" Indeed, the tank came to life and began to approach the gun. Another minute, and shiny metal tank tracks imprinted like a toy howitzer to the ground. Having finished with the gun, the tank continued on his way as if nothing had happened »
Joseph Goebbels (7)
"Courage - a courage inspired by spirituality. Perseverance, on which the Bolsheviks defended in their pillboxes in Sevastopol, akin to certain animal instinct, and it would be a profound mistake to regard it as a result of Bolshevik opinion or education. Russian has always been so and will likely always remain so "
