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ViggoG · 12-23-2002, 03:44 AM

Tom,
I know that you were referring to the active or re-called ex-military.
But in the latter days after the "Battle of the Bulge" when the Germans were in full retreat, Was it not a practice to seize any civilian arms and give them to the Home Guard to fight a delaying action. And provide Harassing fire to delay the advancing Allied Troops.
That is the exact problem that Sgt. Dunn and his Squad ran into going in to the Remagen Bridge
Armed citizens, Left behind with an occasional SS Trooper to direct them.
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ViggoG

12-23-2002, 03:44 AM	#5
ViggoG RIP Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: South Side Virginia Posts: 534 Thanks: 0 Thanked 1 Time in 1 Post	Tom, I know that you were referring to the active or re-called ex-military. But in the latter days after the "Battle of the Bulge" when the Germans were in full retreat, Was it not a practice to seize any civilian arms and give them to the Home Guard to fight a delaying action. And provide Harassing fire to delay the advancing Allied Troops. That is the exact problem that Sgt. Dunn and his Squad ran into going in to the Remagen Bridge Armed citizens, Left behind with an occasional SS Trooper to direct them. <img src="graemlins/soapbox.gif" border="0" alt="[soapbox]" /> ViggoG