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jadedgrin;
I've spoken to several WW2 vets, and they all say that SPR is the most realistic portrayal of the realities of war that they've ever seen. The biggest reason for this, according to them, is that it portrays the whole range of human reactions under combat. Several of them especially commented on the reactions of Cpl. Oppum; an undertrained intellectual who was totally unsuited for combat and was never prepared to see action, thrust into the middle of that situation.
You also seem to have the "10 germans" confused with Waffen SS. A WSS soldier would probably have reacted as you describe, but most of the Infantry in Normandy were non-German conscripts and POW's; Poles, Russians, French, there were even 6 Koreans captured on Omaha. They had no desire to fight for the Nazi regime; one group of Poles on Omaha Dog Green even mutinied and shot their Waffen SS Seargent, and then promptly surrendered. The behaviour of the soldiers Oppum rounds up is, in my opinion and that of men who were there, entirely realistic.
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