Siberian VeteransEpitomising what Hitler referred to as the Asiatic Hordes , the Siberians were battle hardened from their service in the conflict against Japan in the east. Coming as a rude shock to the forces of the Third Reich, the veteran Siberian troops fell upon the over extended German forces. They were used in mass assaults hurling themselves into the German lines fully prepared to fight in close quarters, wielding wicked knives and using their entrenching