Blood, Dust and Snow : Diaries of a Panzer Commander in Germany and on the Eastern Front Blood, Dust and Snow : Diaries of a Panzer Commander in Germany and on the Eastern Front

Blood, Dust and Snow : Diaries of a Panzer Commander in Germany and on the Eastern Front

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Publisher Description

The war on the Eastern Front from 1941 to 1945 was the bloodiest combat theater in the bloodiest war in history. Oberleutnant Friedrich Wilhelm Sander experienced this bloodshed firsthand when serving with the 11th Panzer-Regiment. This regiment made up the core of the 6th Panzer-Division, one of Hitler's top armored formations, which was involved in most of the major campaigns on the Eastern Front; campaigns such as Operation Barbarossa and Operation Winter Storm.

Sander recorded his experience of these campaigns in astounding detail in some recently-discovered diaries covering the period from April 1938 to December 1943, translated here for the first time by historian Robin Schäfer. Written during the fighting, these diaries not only offer an honest assessment of the war on the Eastern Front, but also provide an insight into the mind of a young and highly politicized officer, and offer an intimate glimpse into the close-knit community of a German Panzer crew.

A brutally honest, immediate, and unfiltered personal account, Sander's translated diaries make for a uniquely fascinating account about some of the most important campaigns of the Second World War. Blood, Dust and Snow will be of great interest not only to listeners studying the war on the Eastern Front, but also to any historian researching the Second World War.

GENRE
History
NARRATOR
SG
Stephan Goldbach
LANGUAGE
EN
English
LENGTH
15:23
hr min
RELEASED
2023
April 11
PUBLISHER
Tantor Media, Inc
SIZE
668.2
MB
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