Eastern Front Combat: The German Soldier in Battle from Stalingrad to Berlin

by Hans Wijers (Editor)

Overview

• First-person German accounts of bloody combat • Includes never-before-seen photos "We had been hit in the left side of our Panzer III and had no choice but to bail out. In our black uniforms, we clearly stood out against the snow. Meanwhile, shells continued to hit our damaged tank, and the splinters flew all around us. We crawled 400 yards on our bellies back to our own lines. No one wanted to fall into Russian hands." —a German tanker at StalingradAppearing for the first time in English, these are original accounts by German soldiers who fought on the Eastern Front in World War II. Included are stories from a panzer crewman who survived the fighting at Stalingrad as well as a paratrooper making a last stand before Berlin. Many of the photos have never been published before.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780811734424
Publisher:	Stackpole Books
Publication date:	08/06/2008
Series:	Stackpole Military History Series
Pages:	368
Product dimensions:	5.90(w) x 8.90(h) x 0.90(d)

About the Author

Hans Wijers lives in the Netherlands.

Table of Contents

Introduction     ix
The 24th Panzer Division at Stalingrad     1
The Road to Stalingrad: Nemesis on the Volga     51
The Final Fight for Berlin, 1945     205
An Assault Gun Commander's Story     211
Combat Group Dohler at the Oder Bridgehead, 1945     263
Surviving the Russian Offensive at the Seelower Heights, April 1945     299