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Gruesome Photo...
Posted: Sat Nov 25, 2006 6:05 pm
by ostketten
You want realism?? Well here ya go, the caption of the pic is "German soldier, with arm shot off! Not for the squeamish.." That's the guys severed arm in the foreground...I guess it's safe to say the war was over for him...assuming he survived the trip to the Feldlazarett (field hospital)...
http://www.ww2incolor.com/gallery/germans/and
Lots of other good photos here...
http://www.ww2incolor.com/
xd
Posted: Sat Nov 25, 2006 10:19 pm
by kevrut
I've had this photo on my PC slide show for a couple years. It's kinda nasty though, but everyone that sees it can't stop looking at it.
Kevin.
Posted: Sat Nov 25, 2006 10:24 pm
by chunks
There's a good chance he survived. Looks like he's getting a lotta attention and that matters a whole bunch.
Posted: Sat Nov 25, 2006 10:37 pm
by VMF115
I don’t care what side he fought on and I know the nazis where bad, but I just feel sorry for him.
Posted: Sat Nov 25, 2006 11:15 pm
by Moth
Poor guy, I cant imagine how that would feel losing a part of your body, not to mention the pain.
Posted: Sat Nov 25, 2006 11:54 pm
by ostketten
There's a good chance he survived. Looks like he's getting a lotta attention and that matters a whole bunch.
In situations like this it is not only the loss of blood that would prove fatal. With the traumatic amputation of his arm the guy could go in to shock and die quickly if they don't get him to an aid station very soon, where more advanced care can be administered. I suppose we'll never know if he made it or not.
Posted: Sun Nov 26, 2006 1:32 am
by VMF115
ostketten wrote:There's a good chance he survived. Looks like he's getting a lotta attention and that matters a whole bunch.
In situations like this it is not only the loss of blood that would prove fatal. With the traumatic amputation of his arm the guy could go in to shock and die quickly if they don't get him to an aid station very soon, where more advanced care can be administered. I suppose we'll never know if he made it or not.
To compound the problem even more Germany did not have antibiotics in WWII.
Posted: Sun Nov 26, 2006 2:53 am
by GooglyDoogly
VMF115 wrote:ostketten wrote:
In situations like this it is not only the loss of blood that would prove fatal. With the traumatic amputation of his arm the guy could go in to shock and die quickly if they don't get him to an aid station very soon, where more advanced care can be administered. I suppose we'll never know if he made it or not.
To compound the problem even more Germany did not have antibiotics in WWII.
Who needs antibiotics when you have metamphetamines....
And oh, and big mean tanks. You gotta know where your priority are, I guess.