Forgotten Soldier 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. Sajer's German footsoldier's perspective ...
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Forgotten Soldier 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. Sajer's 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 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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Fine in fine dust jacket. Sewn binding. Cloth over boards. 508 p. Contains: Illustrations. Audience: General/trade. USA hardback reprint 2000 Potomac Books Inc. The book is in fine condition, the dustjacket is in fine condition. Illustrated.
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Very good in good dust jacket. Spine is faded. Great condition. Sewn binding. Cloth over boards. 465 p. Contains: Illustrations. Audience: General/trade.
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Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket. 1574882856. Tight clean book, unmarked but for small name label to front endpaper; in barely rubbed dust jacket.; 6.25 X 1.5 X 9.25 inches; 508 pages.
a very young boy;(16) French, can' speak German is drafted into the German war machine on the Eastern Front. He is an integral part of the invasion & the horrific retreat. He is a true witness & participant in a prolonged total inhumanity of the insanity of War. His description of the brutal Russian winters (plural) will scare the reader sitting in his climate controlled house. Required reading for any military student. Extraordinary!
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Oct 6, 2011
nobody soldier
memorie of soldier in ww2 in russian front working in supply truck,the life out there
Edward S
Dec 16, 2010
Great Story
It's hard to find German Soldiers who survived the Russian Front and lived to write about their experiences by Sajer did. It's worth reading if you like military history.