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Desperate measures
On the Hitler Youth boy soldiers recruited in a desperate attempt to prevent defeat ...
Elsewhere, too, boys fought against battle-hardened soldiers. In Munich, for example, American tanks were confronted by 10- and 11-year-olds, dressed in uniforms too big for them, carrying weapons they were afraid to fire. These boys were taken prisoner and survived the war, but thousands more were less fortunate.
Excerpt from Desperate Measures by Louise Wilmot
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