And isnt it weird how the Russians and German's hubris has always led them to undersetimate the scrappy but ultimately superior american cunning?
Theres 101 stories of the brave Lt with no air support or artillery supporting holding off a whole battalion with onlu 100 men.
I wonder why nobody in history has ever pulled off a glorious combat from the bad side.
The argument was that outstanding work in the Soviet military was punished, rather than rewarded.
Mostly true!
They'd often give awards for heroic actions "posthumously" even if the person was still alive. "He died doing X" even if he lived, let alone how exaggerated "X" was. They'd even let him live if he kept his mouth shut, continued fighting until the Germans killed him.
They needed the stories of heroism (true or otherwise) to inspire the troops, but were insanely jealous & frightened of normal soldiers gaining popularity over the officers & NKVD.