Even In The Worst Misery, A Little Levity
Laski Diffusion/Getty Images
Laski Diffusion/Getty Images
Although it’s easy and probably closer to accurate than not to describe the Battle of Stalingrad as a time of constant misery, it’s worth noting that even the hardest conflicts have downtime. Any veteran will tell you how much waiting there is in military life, even during wartime.
Indeed, that period of waiting gave even Soviet soldiers in Stalingrad a few opportunities to unwind. That’s how this joyful scene of a soldier parading around in giant, captured boots came to be.