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Title: Attack of the dead. August 6, 1915
Post by: cuprum on 27 August 2020, 04:23:05 AM

(http://pbs.twimg.com/media/Dj4s6GyX0AAaJmf.jpg)

105 years ago, On August 6, 1915,, an event occurred that later went down in history as the "attack of the dead". German troops attacking the Russian fortress of Osovets used chemical weapons against its garrison. The Germans hoped to occupy the fortress without a fight, since they thought that practically no one survived the use of chlorine. However, the few defenders of Osovets who remained in the ranks, with the support of artillery, went into the bayonet at the enemy and put him to flight.

Details can be found here: link (http://siberia-miniatures.ru/forum/showthread.php?tid=436&fid=11&block=0)

And as an illustration to the described events, I propose to watch the video for the song of the Swedish band "Sabaton" dedicated to this event:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0fXJvKEVCAM

Title: Re: Attack of the dead. August 6, 1915
Post by: trev on 30 August 2020, 10:33:25 AM

That’s an incident I had never heard of.  Horrific!  :o

Title: Re: Attack of the dead. August 6, 1915
Post by: JBaumal on 18 September 2020, 02:29:14 PM

Very interesting battle, never heard of it before. Thank you for sharing the links. I’d not seen such awesome military motivated rock videos before, outstanding!

Title: Re: Attack of the dead. August 6, 1915
Post by: Iron Haiden on 18 January 2021, 01:29:39 PM

Great song by the mighty Sabaton

Title: Re: Attack of the dead. August 6, 1915
Post by: Wellington Bonaparte on 18 February 2021, 03:55:08 PM

Incredible story and excellent track and video