"Since 1945, the front-line realities of Germany's Russian war have
been submerged under so much myth that a book like this represents
a welcome reality check. The 132nd's story, and Bidermann's, are
part of the 'master narrative' of a 'demodernizing' Wehrmacht,
whose men held against unbelievable odds and in the end were
sacrificed to one of history's most purely evil causes. It is a
story worth making available to American readers."--Dennis
Showalter, author of Tannenberg: Clash of Empires"Stands head and
shoulders above the many other books in this genre. Bidermann's
style is crisp, succinct, and lucid and Zumbro has done a great job
of translating."--David Glantz, coauthor of The Battle of Kursk and
When Titans Clashed
"What distinguishes Bidermann's book are his soldier's insights on
the German army and the Eastern Front. Rather than glorifying the
war as Germany's eastern crusade, Bidermann looks at the lives and
the feelings of the soldiers as they relate to their adversaries
and the battles they fought."--Parameters"In Deadly Combat is
Bidermann's unforgettable account of life and death under almost
impossible circumstances. Released for the first time in English,
it offers battle descriptions of unprecedented detail. Yet, this
memoir goes deeper into a typical German infantryman's wartime
experience, lending insight into the mind of a soldier fighting far
from home, describing the lives of Russian peasants trapped between
two brutal antagonists, and recalling the humiliation of defeat and
surrender, and the brutality of the Soviet gulags."--History Book
Club Review
"Since 1945, the front-line realities of Germany's Russian war have
been submerged under so much myth that a book like this represents
a welcome reality check. The 132nd's story, and Bidermann's, are
part of the 'master narrative' of a 'demodernizing' Wehrmacht,
whose men held against unbelievable odds and in the end were
sacrificed to one of history's most purely evil causes. It is a
story worth making available to American readers."--Dennis
Showalter, author of Tannenberg: Clash of Empires"Stands
head and shoulders above the many other books in this genre.
Bidermann's style is crisp, succinct, and lucid and Zumbro has done
a great job of translating."--David Glantz, coauthor of The
Battle of Kursk and When Titans Clashed
"What distinguishes Bidermann's book are his soldier's insights on
the German army and the Eastern Front. Rather than glorifying the
war as Germany's eastern crusade, Bidermann looks at the lives and
the feelings of the soldiers as they relate to their adversaries
and the battles they fought."--Parameters
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