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Joachim · 02-22-2008

I think once again gw is drawing inspiration from ww2. The russian army had commissars who would shoot those who would flee or were found wanting. This was a desperate measure taken to slow nazi horde down till Allied forces could show.

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Joachim Conscript Join Date: Feb 2008 Posts: 17 Rep Power: 0 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	Re: If Commissars are "advisors" to a commander then how can they kill him/her? I think once again gw is drawing inspiration from ww2. The russian army had commissars who would shoot those who would flee or were found wanting. This was a desperate measure taken to slow nazi horde down till Allied forces could show.