I would most certainly appreciate some more detail about his service seeing as he would have not been old enough to do RAD and serve with the Wehrmacht until 1943. It's my understanding that the age you were eligible to do RAD and serve was 18.
So, I'm assuming, either he lied about his age in order to join, readily volunteered to join ahead of his age, was recruited into the Volkssturm, or was part of a Hitler Youth/SS Youth Division. As such, I'm not really sure how he was forced into the Wehrmacht and that's not something I've often heard. Also, you claimed he had three brothers in one of your other posts and changed it to two. It all just feels a little inconsistent, I'd be glad to be proved wrong though.
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I would most certainly appreciate some more detail about his service seeing as he would have not been old enough to do RAD and serve with the Wehrmacht until 1943. It's my understanding that the age you were eligible to do RAD and serve was 18.
So, I'm assuming, either he lied about his age in order to join, readily volunteered to join ahead of his age, was recruited into the Volkssturm, or was part of a Hitler Youth/SS Youth Division. As such, I'm not really sure how he was forced into the Wehrmacht and that's not something I've often heard. Also, you claimed he had three brothers in one of your other posts and changed it to two. It all just feels a little inconsistent, I'd be glad to be proved wrong though.
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