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Originally Posted by Run N Gun  I want to know if the russian officers really did shoot their men for retreating. |
Absolutely correct, they were termed execution squads, and to my surprise many in those squads were women and they were assigned to Penal Divisions whos orders were simple shoot any convict soldier who retreated in the face of the enemy, also they were put into ordinary units this was to enforce Stalins order "Not one step backwards", and if i am correct it was first used in Stalingrad, if not can someone let me know.