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    In Deadly Combat: A German Soldier's Memoir of the Eastern Front
    In Deadly Combat: A German Soldier's Memoir of the Eastern Front
    In Deadly Combat: A German Soldier's Memoir of the Eastern Front
    Audiobook13 hours

    In Deadly Combat: A German Soldier's Memoir of the Eastern Front

    Written by Gottlob Herbert Bidermann

    Narrated by Paul Woodson

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    About this audiobook

    Wounded five times and awarded numerous decorations for valor, Gottlob Herbert Bidermann saw action in the Crimea and siege of Sebastopol, participated in the vicious battles in the forests south of Leningrad, and ended the war in the Courland Pocket. In his memoir, he shares his impressions of countless Russian POWs seen at the outset of his service, of peasants struggling to survive the hostilities while caught between two ruthless antagonists, and of corpses littering the landscape. He recalls a Christmas gift of gingerbread from home that overcame the stench of battle, an Easter celebrated with a basket of Russian hand grenades for eggs, and his miraculous survival of machine gun fire at close range. In closing he relives the humiliation of surrender to an enemy whom the Germans had once derided and offers a sobering glimpse into life in the Soviet gulags.

    Bidermann's account debunks the myth of a highly mechanized German army that rolled over weaker opponents with impunity. Despite the vast expanses of territory captured by the Germans during the early months of Operation Barbarossa, the war with Russia remained tenuous and unforgiving. His story commits that living hell to the annals of World War II and broadens our understanding of its most deadly combat zone.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherTantor Media, Inc
    TranslatorDerek S. Zumbro
    Release dateApr 18, 2017
    ISBN9781541472846
    In Deadly Combat: A German Soldier's Memoir of the Eastern Front

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    • 5/5
      Excellent memoir. Non partisan and independent of political views, this book presents true face of WW2. I'd recommend it strongly as a study book of soviet post-war atrocities.

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    • 5/5
      An excellent insight to war in all its drama.