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I heard a similar story from a relative of me: He was in the Waffen SS and fought the war basically behind a typewriter in a depot.
by RalfWausE 4y ago
I heard a similar story from a relative of me: He was in the Waffen SS and fought the war basically behind a typewriter in a depot.
- wongarsu 4y agoIn WWII, "combat troops" made up only 20% of US military personnel, with the rest running support, logistics, etc. For the Germans it was closer to 60% for infantry and 50% for panzer divisions. So if you were drafted, even as a German you had a nearly 50% chance to be assigned a position where you weren't expected to see combat. And on top of that there's the combat troops defending targets that weren't attacked by the enemy. But with some bad luck you might have ended up fighting at Stalingrad. War isn't fair, on so many levels. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tooth-to-tail_ratio https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tooth-to-tail_ratio