Stormtrooper on the Eastern Front

Stormtrooper on the Eastern Front
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Publisher : Pen and Sword
Total Pages : 267
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ISBN-10 : 9781781596517
ISBN-13 : 1781596514
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Book Synopsis Stormtrooper on the Eastern Front by : Mintauts Blosfelds

Download or read book Stormtrooper on the Eastern Front written by Mintauts Blosfelds and published by Pen and Sword. This book was released on 2008-09-19 with total page 267 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The memoir of a reluctant soldier coerced into military service by the Nazis and driven from his homeland by the Russians. Following the conquest of his native Latvia by the Nazis, Mintauts Blosfelds was given the stark choice: service in the SS or forced labor in a slave camp. So he “volunteered” to fight for the Nazis. In this memoir he describes his training and how he became an instructor before being sent into Russia. He nearly perished during the terrible winter of 1943–44 after being wounded and finding himself with his friend lying dead on top of him. As the tide turned, the Russians advanced remorselessly through. He would be wounded twice more and awarded the Iron Cross for bravery. With German resistance collapsing, he had to flee for his life—capture by the Russians meant almost certain death. He surrendered to the Americans, but describes the neglect he suffered at their hands. Unable to return to Latvia, which was now occupied by the Russians, he became a Displaced Person, eventually settling in the UK. This book tells his compelling story.


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