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A crazy WW2 thing I didn’t know is that my grandpa was face to face with a German soldier in the trenches and lived to tell the tale
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Anonymous 4w

Where did this go down, and how did your grandpa make it out alive?

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Anonymous replying to -> #1 4w

This went down in France and he came out alive because both of them didn’t want to die so they slowly backed away from eachother and ran

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Anonymous replying to -> OP 4w

It was a real show of humanity in my opinion

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Anonymous replying to -> OP 4w

That’s a crazy prisoners’ dilemma. Does he remember what gave him the idea that the German guy wasn’t a threat?

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Anonymous replying to -> #1 4w

Well he’s dead and has been dead I’ve never met him. But I have a good idea they both thought the other was a threat.

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Anonymous replying to -> OP 4w

Makes sense! I just can’t imagine how I’d communicate to an enemy combatant (who likely didn’t speak my language) that I wouldn’t hurt him if he didn’t hurt me.

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Anonymous replying to -> #1 4w

It is crazy but they probably didn’t need to communicate they were both terrified

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