Thread: "Our Red Army Ally"

I acquired this pamphlet that was printed by the US Government for American troops at the end of WWII, whenever the chances of meeting a Russian soldier in Germany were very good. To keep accidents from happening they printed general commands or signals to give a sentry if they called you out (otherwise they might fire). Anyhow, I took apart the badly scanned pages and re-formatted them in a much easier to read PDF file, both in its original form and also in a more printer-friendly version (the faded-out paper is now white instead of a muddy tan).

Russians, tell me what you think!

Original Document (32 MB):
http://www.mediafire.com/download.php?zubgwzzm3lj

Printer-Friendly Version (6 MB):
http://download66.mediafire.com/t1mmx3y ... iendly.pdf

The most positive look at USSR I heard from USA. Too positive even

Don’t recall now what the program’s name was, “Ten best tanks ever” maybe, where T-34 was placed second after American “Abrams”. This pamphlet must have been the first to give as much of a credit to Russian military prowess in WW2..
Funny dialogs are in the part where American soldiers are instructed on how to make the right response to a sentry’s challenge.
Стой, кто идёт?
Американские бойцы!

Забавно.
I’ve saved the article on HDD to read it more closely sometime. Good stuff!

Glad it could prove amusing to some of you. I admit, it's almost a complete 180 of what American media broadcasted during the Cold War. This pamphlet makes it sound like Russia and America were going to be friends forever.

American Pamphlet:

"Do not forget to address your Russian comrades with the phrase "BFF". This will cement our future relations!"