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In World War I, British soldiers let go of a German soldier, not wanting to lead to World War II many years later

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History will often make a joke with me, En, let us be confused, after all, we are even an ant in time, we have not seen much of the world, often history left us a piece of surprise, but also let us feel stunned. If you take a closer look at some of the events in history, you will find that many things are really unbelievable. Some things seem to be a very normal thing today, but when they occur in a specific historical period, they will form a shocking event. We all stay on the fact that he started the war, but in the early days, there was one thing that we could never have imagined.

In World War I, British soldiers let go of a German soldier, not wanting to lead to World War II many years later

It was during the First World War, when in the ranks of the British army there was a sharpshooter named Henry, who was fighting with the troops at that time, and in September 1918 their army reached the port of Malkuan, where they engaged in a fierce battle with the Germans. At that time, the German fire was extremely fierce, and the British army was suppressed to death. At this time Henry quietly crawled to a more advanced position, and then relied on his own marksmanship to kill the enemy one by one, and killed the local machine gunners, which made the British army slow down, raise a counterattack, and finally take the German position, the German army saw that the general trend had to retreat.

In World War I, British soldiers let go of a German soldier, not wanting to lead to World War II many years later

After the end of the war, Henry, who was creeping to the ground, suddenly saw a wounded German soldier coming out of the trench, staggering out, just at this time, the other side also saw him, the two people looked at each other, Henry decisively raised his gun to aim at each other. In fact, as long as the other party had any move, even if he raised his hands to surrender, henry would shoot the other party in an instant, but the soldier on the other side was unusually calm, did not make any moves, seemed to have given up the struggle, just waiting for death to come.

In World War I, British soldiers let go of a German soldier, not wanting to lead to World War II many years later

At this moment, Henry somehow had a benevolent thought in his heart, and this sharpshooter who had killed countless enemies on the battlefield at this moment had a kind of wavering in his heart, making him unable to kill the other party with his hands, as if he should not kill the other party. So in the end he put down his gun and signaled for the other party to leave, and the soldier nodded to him and left silently. This matter passed like this, he also received the medal of honor issued by the state for his bravery in battle, and then returned to his hometown and lived a peaceful life, which has been slowly forgotten.

In World War I, British soldiers let go of a German soldier, not wanting to lead to World War II many years later

Until 1938, when Chamberlain, who was then the British Prime Minister, visited Germany and came to Hitler's private villa for talks, he saw a painting of a British soldier on the wall, and the person on the painting was Henry, and Chamberlain asked why, which made him realize that the soldier was Hitler, and he was greatly shocked by this. Later, when Henry learned of this, he was also remorseful for his original actions.