Forgotten Soldier by Guy Sajer

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  • Publisher: Potomac Books, Inc.
  • Pub. Date: November 2000
  • ISBN-13: 9781574882858
  • Sales Rank: 64,735
  • 476pp
  • Edition Description: ILLUSTRATE
 
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Synopsis

This book recountsthe horror of World War II on the eastern front, as seen through the eyes of a teenaged German soldier. At first an exciting adventure, young Guy Sajer's war becomes, as the German invasion falters in the icy vastness of the Ukraine, a simple, desperate struggle for survival against cold, hunger, and above all the terrifying Soviet artillery. As a member of the elite Gross Deutschland Division, he fought in all the great battles from Kursk to Kharkov.

His German footsoldier's perspective makes The Forgotten Soldier a unique war memoir, the book that the Christian Science Monitor said "may well be the book about World War II which has been so long awaited." Now it has been handsomely republished as a hardcover containing fifty rare German combat photos of life and death at the eastern front. The photos of troops battling through snow, mud, burned villages, and rubble-strewn cities depict the hardships and destructiveness of war. Many are originally from the private collections of German soldiers and have never been published before. This volume is a deluxe edition of a true classic.

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Guy Sajer served in Germany's Gross Deutschland Division during World War II.

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Amazing for ALLby Anonymous

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March 07, 2008: This must be one of the best written and accurate accounts of any war or historic event. His amemory for the events are extremely credible and can be verified by many other historians. His writting is spectacular and will keep you in your seat unil you are finished.

Amazing Book -- Highly Recommendedby Anonymous

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February 09, 2008: This book is absolutely amazing. Not only does it offer an unfortunately rare insight of the war 'German point of view', but it does so in an engaging and sensitive way. Guy Sajer makes a superb narrator, relaying the events candidly, sensitively, and honestly. In reading this book, one may learn to cast aside the stereotype that all the Germans in this time were ruthless 'Nazis' -- in fact, a majority of them seemed to just be fighting because they were pressed into service, or just fighting for their country as everyone else did. This book has made me laugh and smile at the moments of friendship, cry because of the horrors and tragedies of war, and opened my mind to a whole new perspective. It is quite a simple read, but is hard to put down once you start reading though it is a memoir, it reads like a top-rate fiction novel. Don't pass on this great novel just because it isn't from a familiar, or popular, point of view. 'The Forgotten Soldier', though it might be hard to read because of the sheer horribleness of the war it depicts so heartrendingly, is definitely a must-read. [Also, get the illustrated edition if possible. The rare photographs included enhance the memoir greatly and offer more insight into the German side of WWII.]


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