This volume is a deluxe edition of a true classic. Many are originally from the private collections of German soldiers and have never been published before. The photos of troops battling through snow, mud, burned villages, and rubble-strewn cities depict the hardships and destructiveness of war. Now it has been handsomely republished as a hardcover containing fifty rare German combat photos of life and death at the eastern front. 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. As a member of the elite Gross Deutschland Division, he fought in all the great battles from Kursk to Kharkov. 5.0 out of 5 stars This soldier gives the slightest taste for what those who. 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. How customer reviews and ratings work See All Buying Options. This book recounts the horror of World War II on the eastern front, as seen through the eyes of a teenaged German soldier. I recently established contact with Guy Sajer, the author of the well-known autobiography The Forgotten Soldier, a military literature classic that describes the author's experiences fighting for Germany against the Soviet Union during World War II.

The illustrated edition of the classic German WWII autobiography At first an exciting adventure, young Guy Sajers war becomes, as the German invasion falters in the icy vastness of the Ukraine, a simple, desperate struggle.

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