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The Forgotten Soldier

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The illustrated edition of the classic German WWII autobiography

This book recounts the horror of World War II on the eastern front, as seen through the eyes of a teenaged German soldier. At first an exciting adventure, young Guy Sajer's war becomes, as the German invasion falters in the icy vastness of the Ukraine, a simple, desperate struggle for survival against cold, hunger, and above all the terrifying Soviet artillery. As a member of the elite Gross Deutschland Division, he fought in all the great battles from Kursk to Kharkov.

His German footsoldier's perspective makes The Forgotten Soldier a unique war memoir, the book that the Christian Science Monitor said may well be the book about World War II which has been so long awaited. Now it has been handsomely republished as a hardcover containing fifty rare German combat photos of life and death at the eastern front. The photos of troops battling through snow, mud, burned villages, and rubble-strewn cities depict the hardships and destructiveness of war. Many are originally from the private collections of German soldiers and have never been published before. This volume is a deluxe edition of a true classic.


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Publisher: Potomac Books, Inc.

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  • ISBN: 9781574882865
  • Release date: October 3, 2011

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  • ISBN: 9781574882865
  • File size: 2244 KB
  • Release date: October 3, 2011

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  • ISBN: 9781574882865
  • File size: 24875 KB
  • Release date: October 3, 2011

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EPUB ebook
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English

The illustrated edition of the classic German WWII autobiography

This book recounts the horror of World War II on the eastern front, as seen through the eyes of a teenaged German soldier. At first an exciting adventure, young Guy Sajer's war becomes, as the German invasion falters in the icy vastness of the Ukraine, a simple, desperate struggle for survival against cold, hunger, and above all the terrifying Soviet artillery. As a member of the elite Gross Deutschland Division, he fought in all the great battles from Kursk to Kharkov.

His German footsoldier's perspective makes The Forgotten Soldier a unique war memoir, the book that the Christian Science Monitor said may well be the book about World War II which has been so long awaited. Now it has been handsomely republished as a hardcover containing fifty rare German combat photos of life and death at the eastern front. The photos of troops battling through snow, mud, burned villages, and rubble-strewn cities depict the hardships and destructiveness of war. Many are originally from the private collections of German soldiers and have never been published before. This volume is a deluxe edition of a true classic.


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  • Details

    Publisher:
    Potomac Books, Inc.

    OverDrive Read
    ISBN: 9781574882865
    Release date: October 3, 2011

    EPUB ebook
    ISBN: 9781574882865
    File size: 2244 KB
    Release date: October 3, 2011

    PDF ebook
    ISBN: 9781574882865
    File size: 24875 KB
    Release date: October 3, 2011

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  • Formats
    OverDrive Read
    EPUB ebook
    PDF ebook
  • Languages
    English