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Heinrich
Fictional Character
"The Phantom Tolbukhin"
POD: c. 1937
Type of Appearance: Direct
Nationality: Germany
Date of Birth: 20th century
Date of Death: 1947
Cause of Death: Shot to death
Occupation: Soldier
Affiliations: Wehrmacht (World War II)

Heinrich was a German soldier stationed in Ukraine in 1947. While marching through a balka in Zaporozhye, he grumbled about the Russians cheating him out of sack time. This inspired his friend Klaus to tell a dirty joke about Natasha the comfort woman. Minutes later, their platoon was ambushed and killed by guerrillas of the Fourth Ukrainian Front.[1]

References[]

  1. See, e.g., Counting Up, Counting Down, p. 117.
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