Status Updates From The Race for the Rhine Bridges

War has always been like this. The really exciting bits are only a small part of the whole, affect very few men & most soldiers are merely workmen, technicians and clerks. This was to be brought home to me in person.. Able to get up the battles of the Rhine & appreciate something of the immense effort of the non combatant troops that's the major part of an operation of war.

These are the real essentials of a fighting soldier's trade,which is for fit young men only, because you can only fight if you can first live, sleep and eat like a pig, without catching pneumonia, dysentery or just dying from exhaustion. Suburban man does not take kindly to this life without acclimatization.