"We were told conflicting stuff about the German soldiers. On one hand they were well disciplined, highly trained troops with a fanatical loyalty to their fⁿhrer. On the other hand, they were a bunch of comic-opera buffoons, no more than hapless puppets. For the most part, they turned out to be ordinary joes just like us, and their equipment was pathetic. Heck, they were still using horses to move their artillery around"
Corporal John Stinson, 79th Infantry
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"I never joined the party. I don't know anything about politics. I was a butcher's apprentice in a small town. I don't know about lebensraum and all that. All I know is that I am a good German, and I fight for my fatherland."
