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Stories from the Colmar Pocket

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Discover personal reflections, historical insights, and behind-the-scenes experiences from our guided tours through this pivotal WWII battlefield.

| Malcolm Waddell

The door opened, and the French soldiers came out. One instinctively grabbed a grenade a German threw. It exploded, and he died instantly. The others took a few steps, and fell to the ground dead. Their uniforms, and 'skin' had been burnt off, and upon 'contact' with the outside air, went into 'fatal' shock.