In The Hell Of The Eastern Front

Author : Arno Sauer
Publisher : Frontline Books
Page : 217 pages
File Size : 42,5 Mb
Release : 2020-09-30
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9781526733344

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In the Hell of the Eastern Front by Arno Sauer Pdf

A Nazi infantryman recalls the horrors of combat against the Soviet Union in this WWII memoir as told to his son. Friedrich “Fritz” Sauer was posted to the Eastern Front in 1942. A soldier in the 132nd Infantry Division, he was deployed in Hitler’s grand invasion of Russia. But instead of the swift knockout blow the Germans had anticipated, Operation Barbarossa ground on for almost four years. Sent first to the Crimea and then the region around Leningrad, Fritz experienced horrors of all kinds. In this memoir, Fritz recalls losing his best friend to a sniper, rescuing the body of a fallen comrade from No Man’s Land, enduring Soviet tank assaults, and his own wounding during a counterattack. Fritz was later transferred to a tank assault regiment where, on a mission to contact another unit, he lost his way in the snow. After sheltering with a farmer’s family, Fritz headed west to flee the advancing Red Army. His subsequent journey home took many twists and turns.

Author : Peter Tsouras
Publisher : Casemate Publishers
Page : 391 pages
File Size : 47,9 Mb
Release : 2012-02-20
Category : History
ISBN : 9781783469550

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Fighting in Hell by Peter Tsouras Pdf

Detailed reports by German commanders: “Powerful testimony to the Germans’ lack of preparation for the harsh climatic conditions of the Russian winter.” —Military Machines International When their troops invaded the Soviet Union in 1941, the initial success convinced the German high command that the Red Army could be destroyed west of the Dnepr River and that there would be no need for conducting operations in cold, snow, and mud. They were wrong. In fact, the German war in Russia was so brutal in its extremes that all past experience paled beside it. Everything in Russia—the land, the climate, the distances, and above all the people—were harder, harsher, more unforgiving, and deadlier than anything the German soldier had ever faced before. One panzer-grenadier who fought in the West and in Russia summed it up: In the West war was the same honorable old game; nobody went out of his way to be vicious, and fighting stopped often by five in the afternoon. But in the East, the Russians were trying to kill you—all the time. The four detailed reports of campaigning in Russia included in this invaluable book (Russian Combat Methods in WWII, Effects of Climate on Combat in European Russia, Combat in Russian Forests and Swamps and Warfare in the Far North) were written in the late 1940s and early 1950s as part of the US Army program to record the German strategies and tactics of World War II directly from the commanders. The authors were all veterans of the fighting they described, and frankly admitted that the soldiers sent to Russia were neither trained nor equipped to withstand the full fury of the elements. Fighting in Hell shows what happened on the ground, through firsthand accounts of the commanders who were there.

Author : Christopher Ailsby
Publisher : Spellmount, Limited Publishers
Page : 200 pages
File Size : 41,6 Mb
Release : 1998
Category : History
ISBN : WISC:89063322770

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SS: Hell on the Eastern Front by Christopher Ailsby Pdf

Gives an account of the Waffen-SS on the Eastern Front, its battles, organisation, tactics and equipment.

Author : Peter G. Tsouras
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 43,6 Mb
Release : 1995
Category : Electronic
ISBN : OCLC:1345573555

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Fighting in Hell by Peter G. Tsouras Pdf

Author : Erich Stahl
Publisher : Ryton Publishing
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 47,6 Mb
Release : 2009
Category : World War, 1939-1945
ISBN : 0982190735

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Eyewitness to Hell by Erich Stahl Pdf

- Acutely observed firsthand account of combat on the Eastern Front - Glimpse into the mindset of the average German soldier - Covers Stalingrad and other battles While the Waffen-SS has become legendary as an elite fighting force in World War II, there are few accounts that present the human face of those fearsome formations. Erich Stahl was a professional journalist assigned to cover some of the most famous of these units--the 1st SS Panzer Division "Leibstandarte Adolf Hitler," the 5th SS Panzer Division "Wiking," and the Dutch and Ukrainian volunteers serving with the SS--but with a twist: he actually pulled duty as a soldier in the front lines, where he experienced all the hardships, privations, and gut-wrenching emotions of the men who fought the Soviets.

Author : Gottlob Herbert Bidermann
Publisher : University Press of Kansas
Page : 384 pages
File Size : 52,6 Mb
Release : 2000-06-07
Category : History
ISBN : 9780700611225

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In Deadly Combat by Gottlob Herbert Bidermann Pdf

In the hell that was World War II, the Eastern Front was its heart of fire and ice. Gottlob Herbert Bidermann served in that lethal theater from 1941 to 1945, and his memoir of those years recaptures the sights, sounds, and smells of the war as it vividly portrays an army marching on the road to ruin. A riveting and reflective account by one of the millions of anonymous soldiers who fought and died in that cruel terrain, In Deadly Combat conveys the brutality and horrors of the Eastern Front in detail never before available in English. It offers a ground soldier's perspective on life and death on the front lines, providing revealing new information concerning day-to-day operations and German army life. Wounded five times and awarded numerous decorations for valor, Bidermann saw action in the Crimea and siege of Sebastopol, participated in the vicious battles in the forests south of Leningrad, and ended the war in the Courland Pocket. He shares his impressions of countless Russian POWs seen at the outset of his service, of peasants struggling to survive the hostilities while caught between two ruthless antagonists, and of corpses littering the landscape. He recalls a Christmas gift of gingerbread from home that overcame the stench of battle, an Easter celebrated with a basket of Russian hand grenades for eggs, and his miraculous survival of machine gun fire at close range. In closing he relives the humiliation of surrender to an enemy whom the Germans had once derided and offers a sobering glimpse into life in the Soviet gulags. Bidermann's account debunks the myth of a highly mechanized German army that rolled over weaker opponents with impunity. Despite the vast expanses of territory captured by the Germans during the early months of Operation Barbarossa, the war with Russia remained tenuous and unforgiving. His story commits that living hell to the annals of World War II and broadens our understanding of its most deadly combat zone. Translator Derek Zumbro has rendered Bidermann's memoir into a compelling narrative that retains the author's powerful style. This English-language edition of Bidermann's dynamic story is based upon a privately published memoir entitled Krim-Kurland Mit Der 132 Infanterie Division.The translator has added important events derived from numerous interviews with Bidermann to provide additional context for American readers.

Author : World History
Publisher : Lindhardt og Ringhof
Page : 129 pages
File Size : 41,5 Mb
Release : 2020-09-20
Category : History
ISBN : 9788726626001

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Hell on the Eastern Front by World History Pdf

German tanks rolled unimpeded across the Russian steppes at the start of Hitler’s campaign against the Soviet Union. But in 1943, the so-called Slavic "untermensch" (subhumans) gain the initiative and transform the country into a hell for Hitler’s invasion forces. Nearly 100,000 Germans are captured after the Battle of Stalingrad at the beginning of the year. Ahead lies cold, hunger and ill-treatment, and only five percent of prisoners will return to Germany after the war. In mid-July the Red Army decisively defeats the Wehrmacht in history’s greatest tank battle. Hitler’s Tiger and Panther tanks are too heavy and slow against the Soviets’ more nimble T-34. Stalin’s counteroffensive costs millions of soldiers their lives, but men are an infinite resource for the Red Army. Fired up by thoughts of revenge, the Russians soon mass on the borders of the Third Reich. World History invites you on a fascinating journey to bygone eras, allowing you to explore the greatest events in history. Take a trip back in time - to the frontlines of World War 2, to the Viking raids, and the religious rituals of ancient Egypt. World History is for everyone who would like to know more about the exciting and dramatic events of the past.

Author : Geoffrey P. Megargee
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
Page : 195 pages
File Size : 44,5 Mb
Release : 2007-10-16
Category : History
ISBN : 9781461646839

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War of Annihilation by Geoffrey P. Megargee Pdf

In War of Annihilation, noted military historian Geoffrey P. Megargee provides a clear, concise history of the Germans' opening campaign of conquest and genocide in 1941. By drawing on the best of military and Holocaust scholarship, Megargee dispels the myths that have distorted the role of Germany's military leadership in both the military operations themselves and the unthinkable crimes that were part of them.

Author : Hans Schaufler
Publisher : Stackpole Books
Page : 354 pages
File Size : 41,6 Mb
Release : 2012-05-01
Category : History
ISBN : 9780811745819

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Panzer Warfare on the Eastern Front by Hans Schaufler Pdf

Vivid narrative of tank combat on the brutal Eastern Front during World War II.

Author : Stackpole Books,Michael Olive
Publisher : Stackpole Books
Page : 200 pages
File Size : 44,5 Mb
Release : 2014-11-15
Category : History
ISBN : 9780811712095

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Steel Thunder on the Eastern Front by Stackpole Books,Michael Olive Pdf

A visual history of the artillery used by both sides on the Eastern Front in World War II • Hundreds of photos, most of them from private collections around the world • Depicts artillery pieces, other equipment, and the men who crewed the guns • Color insert shows preserved guns and ammunition • Ideal reference for military history fans, scholars, modelers, and reenact ors • Perfect complement to the narrative accounts in the Stackpole Military History Series

Author : Leon Degrelle
Publisher : Institute for Historical Review
Page : 416 pages
File Size : 47,8 Mb
Release : 2014-08
Category : Soldiers
ISBN : 0939484773

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The Eastern Front by Leon Degrelle Pdf

A gripping first-person memoir of soldierly sacrifice, heroism and fierce combat against numerically superior Soviet forces during World War II, by a charismatic Belgian writer and politician turned Waffen SS front-line infantryman. In a laudatory review appearing in an official US Army Department magazine, US Army Brigadier General John C. Bahnsen wrote: "The pace of the writing is fast; the action is graphic, and a warrior can learn things from reading this book. I recommend its reading by students of the art of war. It is well worth the price." Here is the epic story of the Walloon Legion, a volunteer Belgian unit of the World War II pan-European SS force, as told by the legendary figure whose unmatched frontline combat experience and literary talent made him the premier spokesman for his fallen comrades. Captures the grit, the terror and the glory of Europe's crusade against Communism in absorbing prose. Includes fascinating first-person descriptions of Hitler, Himmler and other Third Reich personalities. Degrelle vividly describes how he and his comrades endured danger, privation and torrents of shot and shell -- on the sun-baked steppes of Ukraine, at the foothills of the Caucasus, in the depths of bone-chilling winter, through the stinking mud and the flaming hell of Cherkassy, and across the rolling plains of Estonia and the Pomeranian lake country. You'll learn what moved the 35-year-old Degrelle -- a brilliant intellectual and his country's most colorful political leader -- to enlist as a private in the volun-teer legion he himself organized to join with Third Reich Germany and its allies in their titanic fight against the Bolshevik enemy."

Author : Henry Metelmann
Publisher : Casemate Publishers and Book Distributors
Page : 208 pages
File Size : 42,5 Mb
Release : 2003-09-01
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 1932033203

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Through Hell for Hitler by Henry Metelmann Pdf

Author : Gunter Koschorrek
Publisher : Frontline Books
Page : 317 pages
File Size : 42,5 Mb
Release : 2011-04-13
Category : History
ISBN : 9781848325968

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Blood Red Snow by Gunter Koschorrek Pdf

Günter Koschorrek wrote his illicit diary on any scraps of paper he could lay his hands on, storing them with his mother on infrequent trips home on leave. The diary went missing, and it was not until he was reunited with his daughter in America some forty years later that it came to light and became Blood Red Snow. The author’s excitement at the first encounter with the enemy in the Russian Steppe is obvious. Later, the horror and confusion of fighting in the streets of Stalingrad are brought to life by his descriptions of the others in his unit – their differing manners and techniques for dealing with the squalor and death. He is also posted to Romania and Italy, assignments he remembers fondly compared to his time on the Eastern Front. This book stands as a memorial to the huge numbers on both sides who did not survive and is, some six decades later, the fulfilment of a responsibility the author feels to honour the memory of those who perished.

Author : Daniel Bennett
Publisher : Outskirts Press
Page : 600 pages
File Size : 40,7 Mb
Release : 2012
Category : History
ISBN : 1432788477

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16 Seasons in Hell by Daniel Bennett Pdf

The epic WWII struggle on the Eastern Front is broken down into 16 easy to read chapters, covering the seasonal fighting that raged in Eastern Europe between the summer of 1941 to the spring of 1945. Follow the armies of Nazi Germany and her Axis allies as they ran roughshod over the Soviet Union for two long years before the Red Army turned the tide of battle against the invaders and ended the war in Europe among the ruins of Berlin. See how the Western Allied coalition came together to defeat Hitlers war machine and then ultimately fell apart with the ideological divide between democracy and communism which inevitably led to the 50 year Cold War that catapulted the USA and USSR to the top as the worlds first global military and economic superpowers.

Author : James Lucas
Publisher : Frontline Books
Page : 403 pages
File Size : 43,8 Mb
Release : 2014-10-30
Category : History
ISBN : 9781473841222

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War on the Eastern Front by James Lucas Pdf

This classic WWII history presents a comprehensive yet vividly detailed account of the Third Reich’s epic and bitter clash with the Red Army. The opening onslaughts of Operation Barbarossa began on June 22nd, 1941, as German forces stormed into the Soviet Union. Few of them were to survive the five long years of bitter struggle. A posting to the Eastern Front during the Second World War was rightly regarded with dread by the German soldiers. They faced the unremitting hostility of the climate, the people and even, at times, their own leadership. There were epic conflicts, such as the battles of Stalingrad and Kursk. But surrounding these famous events was a daily war of attrition which ultimately ground Hitler’s war machine to a halt. In this classic account, military historian James Lucas examines the Eastern Front from trench warfare to a bicycle-mounted antitank unit fighting against the oncoming Russian hordes. Told through the experiences of the German soldiers who endured these nightmarish years of warfare, War on the Eastern Front is a unique record of this cataclysmic campaign.