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One of my favorite people on Quora is Roland Bartetzko. He was part of the German army, then he fought two wars during the Yougoslavian dissolution as a volunt
by ardit33 7y ago
One of my favorite people on Quora is Roland Bartetzko. He was part of the German army, then he fought two wars during the Yougoslavian dissolution as a volunteer.
One in Croatia-Bosnia and another one with the KLA during the Kosovo independence war in 98-99 against yougoslavian forces (mostly serbian).
His answers give a very realistic view of the war as combat soldier:
https://www.quora.com/profile/Roland-Bartetzko https://www.quora.com/profile/Roland-Bartetzko
- emptyfile 7y agoHis quora account is a treasure cove of knowledge and experience. As a twenty-something born and raised in Croatia I can say that reading his answers gave me an insight into war and my country's history in a way that makes all the other stories from the front that I ever heard totally inane. The picture he paints of a soldier's mind made me for the first time understand the psychologically damaged people who walk around my country today but are still stuck in the war that's been over for 25 years. I've re read his accounts of the battle of Mostar a dozen times and I get chills every time. In short, the guy is legit, but I'm sure that anyone who will read him will figure that out for himself from the thick morbid reality that seeps from his writing.