A Woman in Berlin

During the end of WW2, over 100,000 Berlin women were raped by the Russian soldiers.  In this book written by a German journalist of the time, she records her personal experiences of 8 weeks during April-May of 1945 including her own personal rapes by various Russian soldiers.  She writes about life in the bomb shelters in the days leading up to the Russian attack on Berlin and about what life was like in the immediate weeks after the Russians had conquered the city.  She also writes about how the city was basically populated only by women and children and how the stature of men had considerably been diminished in the eyes of them.  She seem to scorn the German men, the ones who were the real "weaker sex"  who were not there to protect the women and children from the invaders and see the women as the strong ones who had to fend for themselves and their children.  Because of the absence of men, the women were much more vulnerable to rape by the Russian soldiers.

Colin
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Battle Stripes - British Army Sergeant Training TV Show

In 1999, Sky TV created a series called "Battle Stripes", a program showing how the modern British Army selects some of the best NCO's in the world, its sergeants.  I highly recommend the show to anyone who may have a chance to see them.

UK / Sky One / Granada 13x30 minute episodes 1999 (21 September - 14 December /  Tuesday 9:00 pm )
Executive Producer John Farren. Director Paul Boniff. Music Rob Lane
Series following a group of would be British Army Sargeants. Completing a Platoon Sergeants Battle Course in South Wales.
Narrator Luis Mellis.

 
Colin

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Cool restored Jadgpanther firing its gun

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Great Me109 gun camera footage -- with surprising ending!

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