All the 'veterans', i.e. all those who had fought from the beginning of the war, had been soldiers with noble ideas, well trained, with a great sense of duty, close to, had been soldiers with noble ideas, well trained, with a great sense of duty, close to their colleagues and their commanders.
They were the ones who suffered the greatest collapse, dying or going to hospital. An important addition happened, as mentioned above, in Axel. Then we were sent reinforcements to Breda, mostly ex-soldiers of the German army. Their value as soldiers is minimal.
Frightened by the war, by the 'undermining' inflicted by the Allies, by the air raids, by the tank barrages, they had got into the habit of hiding.
Moreover, and most importantly, those who had become accustomed in the German army to constantly 'hide' without maintaining a high level of external discipline, brought these habits to the Polish troops with great military virtues, but little external discipline.
This situation created all sorts of misunderstandings and bitterness among the veterans.

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