11August, 1941 Smolensk-Moscow Rollbahn-
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of the Rollbahn. Their third attack had crumpled in our fire and the
severely injured were howling so dreadfully it made my blood run
After treating our own wounded, Gefreiter Goralla was ordered forward
who were wearing Red Cross armbands, approached to within 20m of the
hollow when the Russian wounded began to shoot at them. Two medics
collapsed and Gefreiter Goralla waved those following behind to crawl
hobbling towards us. They began to throw hand-grenades in our
direction. We held them off with pistols we had drawn from our
wounded were still persistently firing at the road. A soviet staff
captain threatened them back with a pistol and stick. They took no
Panzergrenadier platoon went into the howling mob of wounded and
man had to be fought to a standstill. One Soviet sergeant, unarmed and
with a severely injured shoulder, struck out with a trench spade until
he was shot. It was madness, total madness. They fought like wild
"War Without Garlands-Operation Barbarossa" - Robert J. Kershaw
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