二战期间有哪些有趣的时刻？
威廉-克雷格的书《门前的敌人》。斯大林格勒保卫战》一书中有一个关于 "友军误伤 "事件的有趣故事。
在第二次世界大战中，每个红军士兵每天收到的口粮包括100克伏特加。这种酒对部队来说是如此不可或缺，以至于在斯大林格勒战役的冬季，当补给船无法渡过伏尔加河时，不得不将几瓶伏特加空投下来。对于以16世纪俄罗斯沙皇的名字命名的绰号 "恐怖的伊万 "的伊万-贝兹迪科中尉来说，100克根本不够用。为了满足他对酒的狂热渴望，当他的炮兵营的士兵死亡时，伊凡雷帝会报告说他们仍然 "在场，并有下落"，这样，当他们的酒类配给到达时，他就会把它们全部拿走。
可想而知，他的骗局很容易就被供应官马利金少校发现了，因为任何部队都不可能在斯大林格勒呆上很长一段时间而不遭受重大伤亡。马利金少校打电话给伊万，威胁说要向陆军总部报告他的欺诈行为。好吧，公平竞争。但马利金少校更进一步，可能是太过分了，他说他将切断伊凡雷帝的伏特加酒配给。
伊万在电话里大叫："如果我不拿，你就拿"。马利金少校没有被吓倒，或者说可能没有收到威胁，他继续前进，按照他所说的取消了伊凡的伏特加酒配给。现在被激怒了，伊凡雷帝联系了他的122毫米炮台，给了他们一组精确的坐标，并命令他们开火。
三发子弹击中了马利金少校还在里面的伏特加仓库，打碎了数百个瓶子。幸运的是，少校在这次 "友军交火 "事件中幸存下来，他踉踉跄跄地从残骸中走到最近的电话旁，与总部联系，指控伊凡雷帝犯下了这一可怕的罪行。
电话那头的人耐心地听着他的故事，但不怀好意地回答。"给他伏特加酒。他刚刚被授予红星勋章，所以给他吧。"
从此以后，没有一个供应官员会去搞伊凡雷帝的伏特加配给。
What were some funny moments during World War II?
William Craig’s book “Enemy at the Gates: The battle for Stalingrad” had an interesting story about a ‘friendly fire’ incident:
In World War II, each Red Army soldier received a daily ration that included 100 grams of vodka. The liquor was so indispensable to the troops that during the winter months of the battle of Stalingrad when supply boats could not cross the Volga, bottles of vodka had to be parachuted down. For Lieutenant Ivan Bezditko, nicknamed Ivan The Terrible after the 16th century Russian Tsar, 100 grams was simply not enough. To quench his raging thirst for liquor, when men from his artillery battalion died, Ivan The Terrible would report that they were still ‘present and accounted for’ so that when their liquor rations arrived, he would take them all.
Predictably, his scam was easily discovered by the supply officer Major Malygin, because it was impossible for any unit to be in Stalingrad for any lengthy period of time without suffering heavy casualties. Major Malygin telephoned Ivan and threatened to report his fraudulent behavior to Army headquarters. Okay, fair game. But Major Malygin went one step further, probably one step too far, he said he would cut off Ivan The Terrible’s vodka ration.
Ivan screamed over the telephone “If I don’t get it, you’ll get it”. Not intimidated, or probably not getting the threat, Major Malygin went ahead and canceled Ivan’s vodka ration like he’d said. Now infuriated, Ivan The Terrible contacted his 122 mm batteries, gave them a precise set of coordinates and ordered them to open fire.
Three rounds hit the vodka warehouse with Major Malygin still inside, shattering hundreds of bottles. Luckily, the Major survived the ‘friendly fire’ incident, he staggered out of the wreckage to the nearest telephone and contacted headquarters to accuse Ivan The Terrible of this terrible crime.
The person on the other end listened to his story patiently, but replied unsympathetically: “Give him the vodka. He was just awarded the Order of the Red Star, so give it to him.”
From then on, no supply officer would mess with Ivan The Terrible’s vodka ration.
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