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Originally posted by ChrisF202
Yeah, the Russians dont exaclly follow all the rules of humanity in warafare, in WW2 they were known to send conscript battalions into minefields to "clear the way" for veteran units.
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I read that in 1945, when Rokossovky's troops engaged a crack SS division on the outskirts of Berlin, they started pushing them back. But the SS pinned down 2 reginments of Soviet infantry with artillery and mortar fire and themselves pulled back through pre-planned routes across a minefield.
Once the German artillery and mortar positions have been destroyed by counterfire, the Soviet Polkovnik (Colonel) ordered his reginment to chase after the SS troops.
So they charged across a minefield, suffering heavy casualities, but have caught the SS troops offguard, and destroyed them.
If the engineers would have been called in to de-mine the field, it would have given the SS valuable time to prepare and occupy defensive positions in the suburbs of Berlin. The Soviet reginment would have suffered heavier casualities as a result.