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I've often heard the myth about German troops at the end of WW2 continuing to fight Soviet battalions in order to reach the Western Allies lines to surrender. Is there any truth to this, and if so was it in any way a major thing, or a rare occurrence that has been lionized suring the Cold War?

by /u/Silent_Hastati in /r/AskHistorians

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