An entire SS Panzer Tank Division was manned by 16 & 17-year-old boys. The German ethic of the boy soldier not only encouraged such service but towards the end of the war, the Germans even drafted boys as young as 12 into military service. These children saw extensive action and were among the fiercest & effective German defenders in the Battle of Berlin. American men were horrified as they fought,killed and sometimes were killed–by boys barely old enough to graduate from elementary school.
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