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110 - The P-47 Thunderbolt and 362nd Fighter Group

The WW2 Podcast

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The Importance of Strafing a Horse

Most of the German army was still horse-drawn during World War II. So strafing a horse was, was part of, you know, winning the war. But most of the guys in the group I talked to hated doing it. You can't see hitting an individual soldier but you can see hitting a horse. Actually killing a person is different than killing a tank or killed a truck.

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