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Death’s Head
Retreating from Leningrad respect for the Soviets had grown amongst SS Totenkopf, elevated from Untermensch – ‘suhumans’ – to Bolsheviks.
After the bombardment from the eerily howling Katyushas – ‘Stalin’s organs’ – half of Franz’s platoon had been blown to bits, their blood staining the snow.
Silence.
Then line after line of T-34 tanks covered in infantrymen appeared over the frozen steppe.
The odds were impossible, yet none would surrender, warriors moulded by the code of blood, iron and unconquerable will.
Franz, 19, watching the approaching hordes, glanced at the Totenkopf – ‘Death’s Head’ – insignia on his lapel.
Yes, this was what he existed for.
From Guest Contributor Ian Fletcher
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