THROUGH HELL FOR HITLER: A Dramatic First~Hand Account Of Fighting On The Eastern Front With The Wehrmacht
Language: English
Published by Haverton PA. 2001. Casemate, 2001
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black hardcover 8vo. (octavo). dustwrapper in protective plastic book jacket cover. fine cond. binding square & tight. covers clean. edges clean. contents free of markings. dustwrapper in fine cond. bit of rubbing at spine (top & bottom) & corners. not torn or price clipped (no price listed). nice clean copy. no library markings, store stamps, stickers, bookplates, no names, inking, underlining, remainder markings etc~. book club edition. 208p. glossy b&w photo illustrations. index. autobiography. memoirs. world war ii. nazi germany. third reich. soviet union. military history. ~ Eighteen~year~old Henry Metelmann joined a German Panzer division in 1941, a committed National Socialist and former member of the Hitler Youth, ready for the great onslaught against Russia. The first euphoric stages of that campaign saw the Wehrmacht sweeping all before it, but as the German forces struck deep into the Russian heartland, Metelmann began to question the justness of this savage war. Then came the turning point. Victory became terrible and total defeat. From the Russian white hell, the remains of the German forces fled in an epic retreat. Having escaped from the Russians, Metelmann survived to become a prisoner of war and was sent to America, and then to Britain, where he had time to reflect on the part he had played in one of mankind's most horrible conflicts. Resident in Britain since 1948, he has now written of his beliefs and experiences as a tribute to those who fell victim in that awful conflict, and a ghastly warning for those who might consider such action in the future.…
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- Title
- THROUGH HELL FOR HITLER: A Dramatic First~Hand Account Of Fighting On The Eastern Front With The Wehrmacht
- Author
- Metelmann, Henry
- Publisher
- Haverton PA. 2001. Casemate
- Publication year
- 2001
- Dust jacket
- Dust Jacket Included
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Language
- English
- ISBN 10
- 0971170916
- ISBN 13
- 9780971170919
- Seller catalogs
- memoirs, nazi germany, world war ii
The dramatic account based on the personal experiences of a conscript Wehrmacht soldier who, as a Panzer driver. fought in the Crimea, at the Siege of Leningrad and Kursk, the largest, most * and long-lasting land battle in modern history.
Detail:
The author describes his participation in the two main phases of Operation Barbarossa, namely the advance of the powerful German forces into the heart of Russia followed by their enforced 'Napoleonic' retreat after the battle of Stalingrad.
It portrays the gradual awakening in the mind of a young * Youth 'educated' soldier of a Panzer Division to the truth of the criminal character of what he is involved in.
Having in mind that about 9 out of 10 German soldiers who died in WWII were killed in Russia, it throws some light on the largely unreported heroic sacrifices of Soviet soldiers and civilians often against seemingly hopeless odds, without which Europe might well have fallen to fascism.
It does not deal so much with grand strategies, tactics and military technicalities as with the human involvement of ordinary people from both sides having been caught up in that enormity of a tragedy, that epic struggle in Russia.
It throws light on the chasm which existed between officers and men in the sharply class-divided Wehrmacht with most of the top rank officers having been drawn from the old imperial aristocracy.
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