She was fortunate to have left at that time. The Soviets were not gentle with civilian populations, as my wife's family discovered. They ended...
At long last, our two books about my wife's family's experiences at the end of World War II in East Prussia are finally in publication! I’ve been...
I've mentioned here and there my wife's family's experiences in East Prussia as the Soviet Army invaded on their way to Berlin. They had fled...
Well, it seems unlikely that Soviet troops would hand weapons over to German civilians, no matter how friendly they were. To start with, there...
I've read Antony Beevor's book The Battle of Berlin, and it was fascinating to me. Even though I wasn't even born until 1951, the first five...
Hey, that is cool! Fred Wilson has revived the thread three years after its tailing off, with some cool videos. I found an originally-Russian...
Greetings from another newbie! I was also in the US Army, although only 8 years. 11C, 13F, 26L. You were born in Stuttgart? Cool! I've been...
Greetings! Here's my filled out questionnaire 1. My name if Mike Clark, but you can call me Mike, or anything else you want. Just don't call me...