Wolfram, not Manfred...
Infanterie geht einfach dort nicht hin, wo Russe gar nicht mehr schiesst.
What I'm struggling with here is the double negative: The Infantry simply do not advance where the Russians don't shoot at all. Surely they'd advance where there was shooting... and not where there was
And now for some Richthofen
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And now for some Richthofen
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Re: And now for some Richthofen
Without a closer look on the context Manfred`s cousin might have meant: Infantry simply didn`t went in where enemy fire had ceased.
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Re: And now for some Richthofen
Actually, in context, that makes sense now I've translated the next day's entry when he complains about the lack of attacking Geist of the troops.
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