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Mortared to Death
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A German soldier lies dead in a vehicle on the roadside. Probably shot through the windshield glass and careened into a ditch. p011935
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That guy doesn't seem to have much of his face left.
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Strange looking vehicle!!! Cannot figure it out....
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that's really sad terrible.
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This is horrible and Willie C. is right war is hell!
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its terrible for people to have died like this, and people who make fun of these are just incredibly rude and disrespectful
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someones son
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Rommel car's ? Is Daniel the chofer?
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The vehicle is a Horch kfz series, possibly medium class series. Often the in-experience of the driver would result in crashes, since the training academy refused drivers to be trained on over 150 kms, for fuel reasons. This particular driver is missing...
The vehicle is a Horch kfz series, possibly medium class series. Often the in-experience of the driver would result in crashes, since the training academy refused drivers to be trained on over 150 kms, for fuel reasons. This particular driver is missing his face, and there are the legs of someone who fell out on the bottom right, he is wearing camo.