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Compared with some natural disasters mentioned before, war is the most terrible reason for the sharp decline of human population. So whenever we talk about war, I'm afraid the first word that comes to mind is "cruelty". Yes, war is bound to bring killing. There are bodies everywhere and rivers of blood. Together with the war between a country and a race, it is a life-and-death battle, not to mention between different countries and different nationalities. In World War II, 6 1 country and region, with a population of more than 2 billion, were involved in the war, and countless people suffered from the war and lost their lives. More than 90 million people were killed or injured in the war, and more than 5 trillion dollars went up in smoke, which became a catastrophe in human history. However, a cruel war cannot obliterate and annihilate human nature. Even in the tiny gap of the most cruel war, the brilliance of human nature will always reveal a little light from time to time, illuminating people's hearts and the gloomy world. Today, I will tell a few stories about human nature that were not well known in World War II. 0 1 The first story took place in April 1945. At that time, Nazi Germany was already a spent force, and the allies advanced from the east-west line to Berlin. Many buildings in Berlin have been in ruins in the previous bombing and shelling (Mianmian once stood in the church of Emperor William, which was bombed only a little in Berlin, and stood in front of the porch of the parliament building, which vaguely left traces of war smoke, and felt the tragic war of that year). As the Soviet Union invaded Berlin first, the fighting in the city became more and more cruel. Soviet and German armies fought fiercely in every street, and the fighting was extremely fierce. ? In the short interval of gunfire, a child's crying suddenly came from the ruins in the middle of the street. It was a German child crying in despair. Under the fierce barrage of gunfire between the two armies, the child may be killed in the war at any time. Just when the warring sides were at a loss, an incredible scene was staged ... A young Soviet soldier suddenly stood up and went straight to the crying ruins defenseless. Soviet comrades discovered his move and immediately understood his intentions. They stopped shooting, pointed their guns warily ahead, and were ready to cover their companions with fire at any time. ? But unexpectedly, the gunfire across the street came to an abrupt end, and the Germans immediately stopped shooting. Under the confrontation of countless guns on both sides, Soviet soldiers walked to the front of the ruins, picked up the children and slowly walked to a safe bunker on the edge of the street. At this moment, just now, the gunfire was everywhere on the battlefield, and bullets were flying everywhere, leaving only the slow and heavy steps of the soldiers, and the whole street fell into incredible silence. Out of professional sensitivity, a Soviet army reporter lost no time in recording this touching moment with his camera. The next day, many people collapsed in Berlin. Leaflets are printed with photos of Soviet soldier Osharov rescuing German children. The leaflet reads impressively: "Berlin, please stop shooting!" " When Berlin citizens saw the leaflets, many people shed tears of excitement. Some German soldiers also laid down their weapons and walked out of the trenches. Soldier Osharov became a hero and faced the media's question: "Why do you dare to stand up in the rain of bullets on the battlefield?" His answer is, "love will stop the fire." ? He told people a story that happened to him with tears in his eyes. 194 1 year,1year, the Germans launched an attack on the Soviet capital Moscow. The Soviet Union built many fortifications to the west of Moscow for hard resistance. However, fierce fighting is still approaching Moscow. On the way from Shekovo, Bo Du to Moscow, several German soldiers were searching carefully. Suddenly there is a dog barking in front. They followed the sound and saw a puppy lying next to a boy of fifteen or sixteen, licking his face gently. The boy was obviously injured and couldn't move on the ground. The puppy turned around and gave an eager cry to the German soldiers. The young man suddenly found the German soldier beside him, feeling a catastrophe and terrified. In desperation, he pointed at the puppy, then waved his hand to the soldiers and begged them not to kill his puppy. Although they didn't understand the boy, the soldiers understood what the Russian boy meant. The puppy is still licking the injured teenager, then wagging its tail at the soldier and making a low whimper. Soldiers also know that the puppy is begging them to save its owner. ? Several German soldiers were silent. After a while, they silently bypassed the teenagers and puppies and walked on. That boy was Osharov. It was because of his emotions that he made that choice a few years later. The second story also happened during World War II. At that time, the allied air force had begun to bomb Germany on a large scale, and the German pilots fought back not to be outdone. 1943 1943 On February 20th, an American bomber pilot named Charlie Brown was preparing to bomb a German ammunition factory with seven other comrades. However, before their bomber B 17 arrived at the bombing site, it was hit by German ground anti-aircraft guns, and the cockpit glass, No.2 engine and No.4 engine used for throttle and overspeed prevention were all damaged. ? Not only that, the shelling also caused one death and six injuries to the crew in an instant, leaving only Brown trying to escape. Although he tried to adjust the attitude of the plane, the behemoth was still teetering ... Besides, under the plane was German territory. To make matters worse, the oxygen in the cabin is almost exhausted, and there is an electrical failure in the cockpit. Morphine, which is used to relieve pain, is frozen into ice in the cold sky. Every wounded person can only endure severe pain and pray in the bumpy air. Just when Brown felt that disaster was imminent, he suddenly found another German plane flying hand in hand with him outside the cabin. Moreover, the German pilot gestured with exaggerated body language, as if to land by himself ...? Several injured crew members also saw this scene, and their first reaction was to operate machine guns to attack German fighters. However, Brown motioned them not to shoot. What the hell is going on here? Why don't the two armies hurt each other in air combat? All this has to start with the German pilot on this fighter plane. It turned out that on February 20th, 65438, the German pilot named Franz Stigler was refueling his Messerschmitt BF 109g-6 fighter on the ground. While smoking a cigarette, stigler observed the movement in the air, when he found an American bomber hit in the air, emitting smoke. Seeing this situation, stigler immediately took off and approached the B 17 bomber that was shot down. From the porthole, you can see that the crew inside are all injured, and you can even recognize the painful expressions on their faces. This situation reminds stigler of what his boss told him many years ago: During the war, you were fighter pilots, so remember this from beginning to end. You must live up to your dignity and honor as a pilot! If I hear that one of you opened fire on the enemy parachuting, I will shoot him first! So stigler made up his mind to let the American bombers land at the German airport and accept surrender. Brown and his comrades-in-arms also saw his idea, however, they simply could not accept the outcome of landing and surrendering. Didn't lower the flying height. Stigler understood each other's feelings, and he came up with another way, trying to guide each other to fly to the territory of neutral Switzerland and complete the landing. Unfortunately, Brown didn't understand his intention and kept flying. ? Therefore, the two planes had to continue to fly over German territory ... At this moment, stigler suddenly discovered a bad situation: the following anti-aircraft guns found bombers and turned their guns to prepare for fire ... At this moment, stigler made an incredible move. He drove the fighter plane to the other side of B 17, and blocked the fire of the German ground forces with his own fuselage in front of the muzzle. Finally, brave and determined stigler led the Americans to the edge of the coastline and watched B 17 land slowly in the open sea before leaving. Before he left, he didn't forget that the American bombers below gave a military salute. The surviving Brown was rescued by the British. He reported it to his superiors, but he was forbidden to tell anyone, let alone the media. They don't want the allies to show mercy to the Germans for this. German pilot stigler also lost his whereabouts, and Brown didn't hear from him until the end of World War II. But in the following decades, he never gave up looking. It's been 199 1 year. In a TV program, Brown was surprised to find that the German pilot was still alive and lived in Vancouver not far from him ...? Brown immediately set off for Canada to visit his benefactor in person. They became best friends until their death in 2008. 03 ? "Tonight is Christmas Eve. No killing. Give me the gun. 1944 16 February 16, Hitler started the bloodiest battle of World War II-the Battle of Ardennes. After fighting for more than a month before and after this battle, Germany and the allied forces led by the United States suffered heavy casualties. There were 654.38+million German casualties and 865.438+million Allied casualties, among which American soldiers accounted for more than 95%, reaching 77,000, and nearly 20,000 soldiers died, which was the battle with the largest number of casualties in American history. Battle of Ardennes. The story took place on194465438+February 24th, Christmas Eve. The location is the Hagen forest in the German war zone. Deep in the forest, a German woman named Elisabeth Vincken lived in a hunting cabin with her 12-year-old son Fritz Vincken to escape the war. The sound of gunfire in the distance is faintly discernible. Elizabeth Wilken cooked a chicken meal and quietly waited for her husband's reunion with her son. Her husband was recruited as a civil defense force in a nearby town and was a cook. The food is brought back by her husband every day. The snow closed the mountain and the war did not go out. Can the husband come back? Suddenly, someone knocked at the door! Little Forrest Gump thought his father was back and ran to open the door. Ah, an American soldier! Two American soldiers wearing helmets stood in front of the door, and one was lying in the snow as if dead. One of them said something in a language they didn't understand. These three American soldiers are soldiers of the US Army's 8th Division 12 1 Infantry Regiment. They were separated from their troops. In the snowstorm, they have been wandering in the forest for three days and nights, hungry and cold, covered with frostbite. One of the American soldiers was shot in the thigh and lost too much blood. His life and death are uncertain. American soldiers with live ammunition didn't kick open the wooden house and shoot people. They stood in front of the door and begged their master to take them in. Elizabeth understood each other's meaning and was silent. The son little Forrest looked at his mother. Nazi Germany stipulated that anyone who took in the enemy would be put to death! Both mother and son know this. To her surprise, Elizabeth invited American soldiers into the room. She put the wounded soldier on little Frith's bed, tore off the sheets and made bandages to wrap the wounded soldier. She asked her son to get a bucket of snow, rub hands and feet for frostbitten soldiers, let him catch cocks at home, and cook a Christmas dinner, with six potatoes left. Simple wooden house, full of fragrance. At this moment, there was a knock at the door again! Small French fries thought it was another lost American soldier. When he answered the door, he found four German soldiers! German soldiers said that they were separated from the troops, lost their way in the forest and had to spend the night. Elizabeth said softly, "Welcome to warm up and enjoy Christmas dinner with us, but we have other guests. These people are not your friends. I hope you can accommodate them. " The German soldier was alert and asked sharply, "Are you American?" Elizabeth replied, "Yes! Today is Christmas Eve, and you are not allowed to fight here. Please put your weapons outside the door. " The German soldier fixed his eyes on Elizabeth. Elizabeth quietly looked at the German soldiers. Finally, the German soldiers laid down their weapons and went into the cabin. The American soldiers in the cabin are ready to fight to the death. A soldier named Ralph Blank flashed a pistol and his finger was on the trigger. Elizabeth stopped them and said the same thing in French: "Tonight is Christmas Eve. No killing. Give me the gun. Elizabeth caught the American soldier's pistol. German and American soldiers are in the same room. Because the house is too small, the soldiers of both sides have to squeeze together tightly and touch each other. They guard against each other, and the battle between you and me will happen at any time. Only Elizabeth smiled and talked to them, busy preparing Christmas dinner. The warmth of the cabin, the aroma of food, Elizabeth's mother-like enthusiasm and peace made the soldiers' tense nerves slowly relax. American soldiers took out cigarette cases and let German soldiers smoke. German soldiers took out a bottle of red wine and a piece of bread from their backpacks and shared them with everyone. A German soldier went to examine the wound of an American wounded soldier and treated him with his first aid kit. This German soldier graduated from a medical school in Heidelberg only a few months ago. He can communicate with American soldiers in English. He told the American soldiers that because of the cold weather, the wounded man was not infected, but lost too much blood, so there should be no danger to his life, and rest and nutrition would make him recover. The suspicion and vigilance of both sides gradually disappeared. Dinner was ready, and Elizabeth began to pray before cooking. She prayed with tears and said, "Thank you for your grace, so that everyone can get together in this terrible and cruel war." On this Christmas night, we promise to get along well and share this not-so-sumptuous Christmas dinner. We pray to end this terrible war as soon as possible, so that everyone can return to his hometown safely and his son can reunite with his mother and hug his sisters. " ? The silent night was accompanied by the tears of young soldiers. They miss their hometown and relatives and long for peace. This Christmas Eve, seven soldiers slept together. The next morning, Elizabeth fed egg soup to American wounded soldiers; German corporal used maps to tell American soldiers where they were, and explicitly told them not to go to Xia Meng town. Because the Germans have reoccupied the area, going there is tantamount to a trap. German soldiers also made stretchers for American wounded soldiers. After thanking Elizabeth and the boy Frith repeatedly, they shook hands and left in different directions. The story is still endless. 14 years later, 1958, the little boy Frith grew up. He actually immigrated to Hawaii and opened a pizza shop. Urged by American friends, he wrote this experience and contributed it to Reader's Digest. ? French fries. For many years, Frith has been eager to see seven soldiers again, but he has never been able to do so. It was not until 1995, exactly 5 1 year later, that the American drama "Unsolved Mystery" filmed Frith's story and broadcast it on video. Soon, the staff of a nursing home in Frederick, Maryland called and told an unsolved mystery. A World War II veteran there had been telling the same story for years. Soon, 5 1 year later, Frith and Ralph met again. The two embraced and wept with joy; Ralph said to Frith, "Your mother saved our lives! "Later, Frith contacted another American soldier, but he never found those German soldiers. Frith met R. Blank, the American soldier he and his mother saved, and Ralph Blank who pulled out a pistol in the cabin. Frith died in 2002. In the same year, based on this story, Hollywood made a movie called Silent Night (also known as Encountering Silent Night). ? In Silent Night, there is no smoke on the battlefield and no cruel killing each other, but the human nature in the war is carefully analyzed in front of the audience, and the tense atmosphere and plot are very fascinating. People lamented that Elizabeth, an ordinary German woman, showed superhuman courage in this cruel war, stopped the killing and safeguarded human dignity. Her kindness transcends the enemy, race and country and awakens the indelible humanity in people's hearts. If you like it, please click on the attention: classic wartime legends.