Many resistance fighters tended to wear german equipment as they were able to raid weapon/clothing stores in and around the city.
Cowboy_With_No_Name
“…the German Stahlhelm (steel helmet), often adorned with a red and white brassard to prevent friendly fire, became a symbol of the Warsaw Uprising, as every partisan wearing one symbolized a dead German occupier it was taken from.”
LaviniaBeddard
*Such* a heartbreaking piece of history – the brave Poles sold down the river by the Russians and murdered by the Germans.
HowdyBUddy
Many resistance fighters tended to wear german equipment as they were able to raid weapon/clothing stores in and around the city.
Cowboy_With_No_Name
“…the German Stahlhelm (steel helmet), often adorned with a red and white brassard to prevent friendly fire, became a symbol of the Warsaw Uprising, as every partisan wearing one symbolized a dead German occupier it was taken from.”
LaviniaBeddard
*Such* a heartbreaking piece of history – the brave Poles sold down the river by the Russians and murdered by the Germans.