Soldat - Reflections of a German Soldier, 1936-1949

Informationen zum Autor Siegfried Knappe (1917-2008) was a soldier in the Wehrmacht, the German Army, before being captured by the Russians. Klappentext From the Russian front to Hitler's bunker during the Battle of Berlin! this first-hand memoir offers stunning insight into the life of a soldier in Hitler's army. Zusammenfassung Paris. The Somme. The Italian Campaign. The Russian Front. And inside Hitler’s bunker during The Battle of Berlin . . . World War II through the eyes of a solider of the Reich. Siegfried Knappe fought! was wounded! and survived battles in nearly every major Wehrmacht campaign. His astonishing career begins with Hitler’s rise to power—and ends with a five-year term in a Russian prison camp! after the Allies rolled victoriously into the smoking rubble of Berlin. The enormous range of Knappe’s fighting experiences provides an unrivaled combat history of World War II! and a great deal more besides. Based on Knappe’s wartime diaries! filled with 16 pages of photos he smuggled into the West at war’s end! Soldat delivers a rare opportunity for the reader to understand how a ruthless psychopath motivated an entire generation of ordinary Germans to carry out his monstrous schemes . . . and offers stunning insight into the life of a soldier in Hitler’s army. “Remarkable! World War II from inside the Wehrmacht.”— Kirkus Reviews

Product details

• Authors: Charles T. Brusaw, Siegfried Knappe, Knappe Siegfried
• Publisher: Dell Publishing Inc.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback
• Released: 09.08.1993
• EAN: 9780440215264
• ISBN: 978-0-440-21526-4
• No. of pages: 464
• Dimensions: 107 mm x 172 mm x 31 mm
• Series: Dell War; Dell War
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > General, dictionaries; HISTORY / Europe / Germany, European History, Germany, HISTORY / Military / General, Second World War, Later 20th century c 1950 to c 1999, c 1938 to c 1946 (World War Two period), Modern warfare, c 1919 to c 1939 (Inter-war period), c 1939 to c 1945 (including WW2), c 1918 to c 1939 (Inter-war period), War and defence operations, War & defence operations, c 1945 to c 2000 (Post-war period), History / Wars & Conflicts / World War II / European Theater