Been absent from collecting Soviet Orders & Medals for a while. Retirement and a part time job now make it easier to get back into the hobby.
Was going through some of my WW2 Soviet groups and reviewing citations. My question is how accurate were the accounts of some of the deeds?
Have one OGIII group where the recipient is credited with the death of eight German soldiers with his machine gun. All done while storming a trench. Great citation and a great deed.
Many times I see accounts of KIA Nazi fascists as high as 12-14 in combat. Are figures like these 'inflated' to give a more positive party-propaganda view of heroism in combat? Or were they fairly accurate?
Thanks!
Gerry C
NTAT
Was going through some of my WW2 Soviet groups and reviewing citations. My question is how accurate were the accounts of some of the deeds?
Have one OGIII group where the recipient is credited with the death of eight German soldiers with his machine gun. All done while storming a trench. Great citation and a great deed.
Many times I see accounts of KIA Nazi fascists as high as 12-14 in combat. Are figures like these 'inflated' to give a more positive party-propaganda view of heroism in combat? Or were they fairly accurate?
Thanks!
Gerry C
NTAT
