Format:
1 Online-Ressource (x, 299 pages)
Edition:
Online-Ausg.
ISBN:
081313787X
,
0813109434
,
0813127815
,
9780813137872
,
9780813109435
,
9780813127811
Content:
"Alois Dwenger, writing from the front in May of 1942, complained that people forgot "the actions of simple soldiers ... I believe that true heroism lies in bearing this dreadful everyday life." In exploring the reality of the Landser, the average German soldier in World War II, through letters, diaries, memoirs, and oral histories, Stephen G. Fritz provides the definitive account of the everyday war of the German front soldier
Content:
The view from below -- Sweat saves blood -- Living on borrowed time -- Withstanding the strain -- The seasons of war -- The many faces of war -- The bonds of comradeship -- Trying to change the world -- The lost years -- A bitter truth
Note:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 271-290) and index
Additional Edition:
Erscheint auch als Druck-Ausgabe Fritz, Stephen G., 1949- Frontsoldaten Lexington, Ky : University Press of Kentucky, 1997
Language:
English
Author information:
Fritz, Stephen G. 1949-
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