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Kayback2 t1_j6h1kit wrote

Reply to comment by eugene20 in Retreating German troops destroy railway Belgrade, Yugoslavia, early 1945. (Photo by John Phillips). by BillGates_mousepad

What amazed me is they had something like this.

Can't get troops winter clothing but take the rail plough just in case we retreat!

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browsing_around t1_j6ibvv1 wrote

One piece of metal is a lot easier to produce and provide than hundreds and thousands of multi piece garments that have to be stitched together.

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Kayback2 t1_j6iitji wrote

It wasn't just one plough, but yet they took them with them, on their invasion.

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