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Originally Posted by chico20854
A page from the Illustrated History:
Combat replacements: In 1999, desperate for replacement soldiers,
Party authorities in the Smolensk oblast sent boys as young as 14 to
the front as combat replacements.
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God bless you, Chico! I can't wait for your Illustrated History to be published. What format will it be in?
I had some really young (and really old) Polish conscripts guarding a bridge in my PotV PbP. They didn't put up much of a fight. I'd think that in some regions, a large percentage of active combatants in 2000 would be younger than 18.