A couple of weeks ago I finished reading :
Endstation Moskau 1941-1942 by Heinrich Haape who was a doctor in Infanterie Regiment 18.
I can recommend this to everyone!
Book about the experiences of an individual soldier.
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Forgotten Soldier
Guy Sajer's book called The Forgotten Soldier is also excellent.
He's a frenchman (mother is German) who fought on the eastern front for quite a while in a GrossDeutchland division.
He writes very well, and included more detail about the war than I have been able to find elsewhere. You'll walk away from the book feeling like you've spent the last few years fighting the Russians.
He's a frenchman (mother is German) who fought on the eastern front for quite a while in a GrossDeutchland division.
He writes very well, and included more detail about the war than I have been able to find elsewhere. You'll walk away from the book feeling like you've spent the last few years fighting the Russians.
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Books about the individual soldier.
Here are my two :
Soldat- Siegfried Knappe
Panzer Commander-Hans Von Luck.
Regards,
Dave
Soldat- Siegfried Knappe
Panzer Commander-Hans Von Luck.
Regards,
Dave
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Alas, if only it was all true...fredrich wrote:Guy Sajer's book called The Forgotten Soldier is also excellent.
He's a frenchman (mother is German) who fought on the eastern front for quite a while in a GrossDeutchland division.
He writes very well, and included more detail about the war than I have been able to find elsewhere. You'll walk away from the book feeling like you've spent the last few years fighting the Russians.
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It's nice to see someone not trying to pass their opinion off as fact!Abwehr wrote:I've seen the evidence from both sides of the argument, and I remain convinced that at best the book was an amalgation of several soldiers' tales.
But that is only my opinon.
I thought Sajers book was brilliant, and would be more than happy to believe him. You'll hear many tall tales on the validity of the book, take them with a pinch of salt, and do what your heart tells you. Certainly one of the better books for an insight into all round war.