At Leningrad's Gates: The Combat Memories of a Soldier with with Army Group North - Hardcover

Lubbeck, William; Hurt, David B.

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1844156176 ISBN 13: 9781844156177

Publisher: Pen & Sword Military, 2007

Synopsis

This is the remarkable story of a German soldier who fought throughout World War II, rising from conscript private to captain of a heavy weapons company on the Eastern Front. William Lubbeck, , was drafted into the Wehrmacht in 1939. As a member of the 58th Infantry Division, he received his baptism of fire during the 1940 invasion of France. The following spring his division served in Operation Barbarossa. After grueling marches, Lubbeck's unit entered the outskirts of Leningrad, making the deepest penetration of any German formation. The Germans suffered brutal hardships the following winter as they fought both Russian counterattacks and the brutal cold. The 58th Division was thrown back and forth across the front of Army Group North, from Novgorod to Demyansk. In September 1943, Lubbeck earned the Iron Cross First Class and was assigned to officers' training school in Dresden. By the time he returned to Russia, Army Group North was in full-scale retreat.

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Review

I cannot do anything other than recommend this book to all Eastern Front enthusiasts, particularly those with an interest in the life of the ordinary soldier in the Wermacht. --www.wargamer.com

About the Author

William Lubbeck rose to the rank of Captain in the German Army, fighting primarily in Russia. He went on to earn a degree in electrical engineering and arrived in the U.S. in 1956. Now retired, he lives in Asheville, NC. He has three children, seven grandchildren and two great grandchildren.

About this edition

• Publisher: Pen & Sword Military
• Publication date: 2007
• ISBN 10: 1844156176
• ISBN 13: 9781844156177
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 264