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Originally Posted by JollyRoger
That second photo isn't Red Army captives; rather; conscripted Eastern European and Mongolian troops in Wehrmacht uniforms. They wouldn't fare well once turned over to their countrymen....... Ivan often shot returned prisoners for cowardice and to negate the possibility of them bringing home any fascist ideologies. Effective.
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There were a ton of soldiers returned to Ivan who surrendered and then fought for the axis. Id be suprised if any lived to be old. I ordered some equipment parts once and the fellow had an accent, I asked where he was from and his dad was Russian. He was also a Russian soldier who'd been capture and fought for the Germans. He was able to use a different identity somehow when captured and wasn't returned to certain death. The brits and the US sent a lot of men to their deaths.