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Title: In Deadly Combat: A German Soldier's Memoir of the Eastern Front (Modern War Studies) First Edition Description: In the hell that was World War II, the Eastern Front was its heart of fire and ice. Gottlob Bidermann served in that lethal theater from 1941 to 1945, and his memoir of those years vividly recaptures his grueling experiences with an army marching on the road to ruin. A riveting and reflective account by one of the millions of anonymous soldiers who fought and died in that cruel terrain, In Deadly Combat conveys the brutality and horrors of the Eastern Front in detail never before available in English. Tan cloth with gold spine lettering. Illustrated. xiv, 330pp. Solid copy. Full refund if not satisfied.; Firsthand perspectives of German WWII infantrymen are rare, as respected historian Dennis Showalter (Tannenberg: Clash of Empires) points out in his excellent introduction. Bidermann, who is an 18-year-old private in the 132d Infantry Division at the beginning of this memoir, takes us through the invasion of the Soviet Union in 1941, passage across the Dnieper and southern steppes, battles in the Crimea, engagements in northern Russia and retreat through Riga to the Baltic. He retrospectively reviews historical records and sketches the daily happenings and ambience of his unit in a matter-of-fact and unpretentious -- yet invariably proud -- tone. The translation is direct and generally graceful, sometimes lyrical. Retired Navy SEAL Zumbro, who has translated German accounts for the Eisenhower Center of the University of New Orleans, has translated and expanded Bidermann's 1964 private German publication, utilizing the same preserved documents and retrospective interviews from other members of the 132d. Before war's end, the unit was cut off in Courland, though Bidermann claims it was "never defeated in open battle". After surrender in 1945, the remnants of the division were held in extended captivity. The Wehrmacht subculture, which Bidermann describes but does not connect back to the Reich's atrocities, was compulsively "professional", with loyalty to fellows its all-consuming central ethic. This ethic seemingly sustained these soldiers through continual dire peril of body and soul. Some did survive. Details: Title: In Deadly Combat: A German Soldier's Memoir of the Eastern Front (Modern War Studies) First Edition
Author Name: Bidermann, Gottlob Herbert; Zumbro, Derek S. [Translator]; Showalter, Dennis [Introduction];
Edition: First Edition
ISBN Number: 0700610162
ISBN-13: 9780700610167
Illustrator: Illustrated
Location Published: Lawrence, KS, University Press of Kansas: 2000-04-26
Binding: Hardcover
Book Condition: New
Jacket Condition: New
Type: Hardcover
Categories: WWII
Keywords: army, defense, fighting, history, military, service, war, warfare, world history, world war, world war ii
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Author Name: Bidermann, Gottlob Herbert; Zumbro, Derek S. [Translator]; Showalter, Dennis [Introduction];
Edition: First Edition
ISBN Number: 0700610162
ISBN-13: 9780700610167
Illustrator: Illustrated
Location Published: Lawrence, KS, University Press of Kansas: 2000-04-26
Binding: Hardcover
Book Condition: New
Jacket Condition: New
Type: Hardcover
Categories: WWII
Keywords: army, defense, fighting, history, military, service, war, warfare, world history, world war, world war ii
Reserve: $5.00
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