en:
  ciril-zlobec:
    chapter-6:
      c: 6
      title: First combat with German forces
      subtitles:
        sequence-1:
          s: 1
          from: 00:00:00,14
          to: 00:00:09,01
          text: I was so eager to exchange blows with the enemy.
        sequence-2:
          s: 2
          from: 00:00:09,01
          to: 00:00:10,27
          text: 
        sequence-3:
          s: 3
          from: 00:00:10,27
          to: 00:00:24,18
          text: I was in a battalion, equipped with only three machine-guns and rifles,
            very poorly armed.
        sequence-4:
          s: 4
          from: 00:00:24,18
          to: 00:00:30,25
          text: The Germans surrounded us with tanks during the night.
        sequence-5:
          s: 5
          from: 00:00:30,25
          to: 00:00:37,18
          text: It was their mighty army against ours. They waited until morning to
            attack.
        sequence-6:
          s: 6
          from: 00:00:37,18
          to: 00:00:51,22
          text: I immediately offered to go, and three more men were equally enthusiastic
            to go with me up against the German tanks with hand grenades.
        sequence-7:
          s: 7
          from: 00:00:51,22
          to: 00:00:58,12
          text: We imagined it was just a matter of throwing the grenades, we would
            simply kill the Germans
        sequence-8:
          s: 8
          from: 00:00:58,12
          to: 00:01:05,15
          text: and blast everything to ruins. Older and more experienced Partisans
            told us to calm down.
        sequence-9:
          s: 9
          from: 00:01:05,15
          to: 00:01:13,17
          text: There would be many more opportunities to fight. They clarified that
            it’s not that simple to destroy a tank.
        sequence-10:
          s: 10
          from: 00:01:13,17
          to: 00:01:20,04
          text: They’re not made of paper, rather of steel, and also the Germans were
            not sleeping.
        sequence-11:
          s: 11
          from: 00:01:20,04
          to: 00:01:28,21
          text: We were atop this hill. There was also a bit of forest around.
        sequence-12:
          s: 12
          from: 00:01:28,21
          to: 00:01:44,08
          text: The Germans approached in a dense line of ‘shooters’ followed by a
            display of tanks, slowly advancing in the rear.
        sequence-13:
          s: 13
          from: 00:01:44,08
          to: 00:01:47,26
          text: We then recognized the horror.
        sequence-14:
          s: 14
          from: 00:01:47,26
          to: 00:01:54,12
          text: We were all novices, it was our first fight, except for a few leading
            cadres.
        sequence-15:
          s: 15
          from: 00:01:54,12
          to: 00:02:02,09
          text: On the basis of my four grades of high schooling, I was named right
            off as the Political Commissary of a unit;
        sequence-16:
          s: 16
          from: 00:02:02,09
          to: 00:02:09,21
          text: without any previous fighting experience. I had to take care of my
            men.
        sequence-17:
          s: 17
          from: 00:02:09,21
          to: 00:02:15,02
          text: We had these dugouts or shelters made from stones.
        sequence-18:
          s: 18
          from: 00:02:15,02
          to: 00:02:22,18
          text: During a fight we were to defend ourselves from behind the shelters.
        sequence-19:
          s: 19
          from: 00:02:22,18
          to: 00:02:33,05
          text: The command was to remain quiet and calm and to wait until the commander
            yelled charge (‘juris’).
        sequence-20:
          s: 20
          from: 00:02:33,05
          to: 00:02:43,09
          text: We were to wait for the enemy to approach within 20 meters and then
            each man was to pick his own target enemy.
        sequence-21:
          s: 21
          from: 00:02:43,09
          to: 00:02:49,15
          text: We would all charge together. Then something unexpected happened.
        sequence-22:
          s: 22
          from: 00:02:49,15
          to: 00:02:58,28
          text: Of the 300 men on our side the enemy was expecting at least 100 to
            die.
        sequence-23:
          s: 23
          from: 00:02:58,28
          to: 00:03:06,11
          text: But when the Germans approached, not 20 meters away but rather 40
            meters,
        sequence-24:
          s: 24
          from: 00:03:06,11
          to: 00:03:15,08
          text: the guy behind the machine-gun started firing the machine-gun too
            soon.
        sequence-25:
          s: 25
          from: 00:03:15,08
          to: 00:03:26,19
          text: We all charged at that moment, all frantic, all in a rush.
        sequence-26:
          s: 26
          from: 00:03:26,19
          to: 00:03:37,01
          text: We were suddenly inside the German lines, which were well organized
            according to the logic of a military attack.
        sequence-27:
          s: 27
          from: 00:03:37,01
          to: 00:03:43,06
          text: The 300 young men charged among them and provoked such havoc
        sequence-28:
          s: 28
          from: 00:03:43,06
          to: 00:03:48,12
          text: that the Germans were so surprised they didn’t even shoot.
        sequence-29:
          s: 29
          from: 00:03:48,12
          to: 00:03:58,09
          text: Had they shot at us they would have also been shooting at their own
            people, because we were among them.
        sequence-30:
          s: 30
          from: 00:03:58,09
          to: 00:04:03,29
          text: We broke through their lines without a fight.
        sequence-31:
          s: 31
          from: 00:04:03,29
          to: 00:04:11,00
          text: Instead of 100 of our men dying, only two fell, two were wounded and
            one was taken captive.
