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Forgotten Soldier (Cassell Military Paperbacks)
Guy Sajer
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Description for Forgotten Soldier (Cassell Military Paperbacks)
Paperback. The devastating true story of a young Franco-German soldier trapped in the lethal machinery of total war on the Eastern Front in the Second World War. Translator(s): Emmet, L. Series: Cassell Military Paperbacks. Num Pages: 560 pages, maps. BIC Classification: 1DVUA; 3JJH; HBJD; HBLW; HBWQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 200 x 127 x 37. Weight in Grams: 414.
An international bestseller, this is a German soldier's first-hand account of life on Russian front during the second half of the Second World War. When Guy Sajer joins the infantry full of ideals in the summer of 1942, the German army is enjoying unparalleled success in Russia. However, he quickly finds that for the foot soldier the glory of military success hides a much harsher reality of hunger, fatigue and constant deprivation. Posted to the crack Grosse Deutschland division, with its sadistic instructors who shoot down those who fail to make the grade, he enters a violent ... Read more
An international bestseller, this is a German soldier's first-hand account of life on Russian front during the second half of the Second World War. When Guy Sajer joins the infantry full of ideals in the summer of 1942, the German army is enjoying unparalleled success in Russia. However, he quickly finds that for the foot soldier the glory of military success hides a much harsher reality of hunger, fatigue and constant deprivation. Posted to the crack Grosse Deutschland division, with its sadistic instructors who shoot down those who fail to make the grade, he enters a violent ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1999
Publisher
Cassell
Condition
New
Series
Cassell Military Paperbacks
Number of Pages
560
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780304352401
SKU
9780304352401
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Ref
99-4
About Guy Sajer
Sajer was a French citizen living in Alsace, who served as a foreign conscript in the German Army during World War II, fighting the Russians on the Eastern front in the Grossdeutschland Division.
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