Spoof Orders

[Dave]

An example of the kind of spoof orders/guidelines discovered by Red Army soldiers on the bodies of German soldiers.
Entitled:
‘Notes For Those Going On Leave’.

‘You must remember you are entering a National Socialist country whose living conditions are very different to those to which you have become accustomed. You must be tactful with the inhabitants, adapting to their customs and refrain from the habits which you have come to love so much.
Food: Do not rip up the parquet or other kinds of floor, because potatoes are kept in a different place.
Curfew: If you forget your key, try to open the door with the round-shaped object. Only in cases of extreme emergency use a grenade.
Defence Against Partisans: It is not necessary to ask civilians the password and open fire on receiving an unsatisfactory answer.
Defence Against Animals: Dogs with mines attached to them are a special feature of the Soviet Union. German dogs in the worst cases bite, but they do not explode. Shooting every dog you see, although recommended in the Soviet Union, might create a bad impression.
Relations with the Civil Population: In Germany just because somebody is wearing women’s clothes does not necessarily mean she is a partisan. But in spite of this, they are dangerous for anyone on leave from the front.
General: When on leave back in the Fatherland take care not to talk about the paradise existence in the Soviet Union in case everybody wants to come here and spoil our idyllic comfort.’

From “Stalingrad”, by Antony Beevor.

[Forgive Darkness]

There is that example with the German bombdogs that I mentioned in a different topic. I always found that to be a very interesting part of the war that is often not heard of.