books by Georg Grossjohann (memoir german fronts)

books by Georg Grossjohann

books:

Five Years, Four Fronts: A German Officer's World War II Combat Memoir

6 reviews
Georg Grossjohann

Presidio Press, 2005

incredible insight behind 'enemy lines'
An incredible book that reveals the humanity of the 'enemy'.It makes the Germans humans, who also had feelings and fears just the same as their Allied counterparts.Traditionally, growing up in an Allied country one is tought that the Germans were all evil personified. This book gives insight to the fact that the German soldier was just an ordinary human being, being sent into battle to fight a ...

Five Years, Four Fronts: The War Years of Georg Grossjohann

24 reviews
Georg Grossjohann

The Aberjona Press, 1999

Hard combat interwooved with light moments
Although it is true that an avid reader of World War literature will not learn many new things from this book, Grossjohan's memoirs remain extremely interesting because during his service he climbed slowly the ladder of hierarchy, going from platoon leader to battalion commander, with much success. Every chapter has a short introduction covering the "big picture" of the various campaigns where ...