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Author
Publisher
Helion
Pub. Date
2010.
Language
English
Description
Armin Scheiderbauer served as an infantry officer with the 252nd Infantry Division, German Army, saw four years of bitter combat on the Eastern Front, and was wounded six times. Scheiderbauer joined his unit during the winter of 1941-42, and during the following years saw fierce combat in many of the largest battles on the Eastern Front. His experiences of the 1943-45 period are particularly noteworthy, including his recollections of the massive Soviet...
Author
Publisher
University Press of Kentucky
Pub. Date
[1995]
Language
English
Description
Alois Dwenger, writing from the front in May 1942, complained that people forgot "the actions of simple soldiers.... I believe that true heroism lies in bearing this dreadful everyday life." In exploring the reality of the Landser, the average German soldier in World War II, through letters, diaries, memoirs, and oral histories, Stephen G. Fritz provides the definitive account of the everyday war of the German front soldier. The personal documents...
Author
Publisher
Greenhill Books
Pub. Date
2005
Language
English
Description
A revealing account of Hitler's thoughts and actions throughout World War II from one of his closest aides.
Major Gerhard Engel was Hitler's army adjutant from 1938 to 1943. During his years with Hitler, Engel kept a diary. After the war, he added material to shed further light on certain events, military and political decisions, and Hitler's attitude to particular problems. His diary covers the decision-making process behind crucial military actions,...
Author
Publisher
Jove Books
Pub. Date
c1991
Language
English
Description
1943: Adolf Hitler had just ordered his best commander--the legendary hero of the Afrika Korps--to the Western Front, on a mission to evaluate the strength of the "Atlantic Wall." A model Nazi officer, Erwin Rommel was tough, demanding, and fiercely loyal to the Fuehrer. His job was to defeat the enemy, and he intended to do so at all costs. June 1944: D-Day, British and American forces were hitting Normandy, and the burden of destroying the Allied...
Author
Publisher
Harper & Row
Pub. Date
[1971]
Language
English
Description
When Guy Sajer joins the infantry full of ideals in the summer of 1942, the German army is enjoying unparalleled success in Russia. However, he quickly finds that for the foot soldier the glory of military success hides a much harsher reality of hunger, fatigue, and constant deprivation. Posted to the elite Grosse Deutschland division, with its sadistic instructors who shoot down those who fail to make the grade, he enters a violent and remorseless...
Author
Series
Publisher
Stackpole Books
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
English
Description
World War II began with a metallic roar as the German Blitzkrieg raced across Europe, spearheaded by the most dreaded weapon of the twentieth century: the Panzer. No German tank better represents that thundering power than the infamous Tiger, and Otto Carius was one of the most successful commanders to ever take a Tiger into battle, destroying well over 150 enemy tanks during his incredible career.
Author
Publisher
Doubleday
Pub. Date
c1991
Language
English
Description
Napoleon's surrender and retreat from Moscow in 1812 is a pinnacle of military horror. Of the 600,000 men who crossed into Russia in June of 1812, only 25,000 would survive. Jakob Walter, a conscript soldier, was one of those survivors. His observant diary captures the everyday circumstances that soldiers suffered during the campaign.
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