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[–]Jacinda 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

Although he didn't fight, your question made me think of Céline's comments on the battle for Stalingrad. Here's one version.

Paris Review:

INTERVIEWER

And for you the tragic in our times?

CÉLINE

It’s Stalingrad. How’s that for catharsis! The fall of Stalingrad is the finish of Europe. There was a cataclysm. The core of it all was Stalingrad. There you can say it was finished and well finished, the white civilization. [Cont...]