The Cross of Iron
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4.7 • 35 Ratings
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- $5.99
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Publisher Description
Death Struggle…
Tough Sergeant Steiner commanded ten men, a German rear guard trapped fifty miles behind the Russian line. Their path to survival led straight through the entire enemy army. All the murderous hazards of war blocked their march—hunger, exhaustion, terror, treachery, death. Finally, Steiner and his men were no longer fighting for Führer or Fatherland, but for their naked, desperate lives…
Acclaimed throughout Europe, The Cross of Iron has been hailed by American critics as “far more monumental than All Quiet on the Western Front” and “savagely powerful.” One of the great war novels of all time, it is a memorable, magnificent portrait of the modern centurion—a towering drama of the death throes of a mighty army.
Customer Reviews
Excellent book
I just wish the movie was available on iTunes. This book accurately portrayed the Germans as they really were on the Eastern Front.

This book captures so well what my grandfather described of the hopelessness and simpleminded aim of survival in Russia during the retreat. True brotherhood among soldiers. It is a bitter pill to swallow captain Stransky outliving Steiner, and eventually all of the other good men, but how many times has war been fair and just. As the book mentioned, several times, “divine providence.”
Great reading
The author draws you into the story very easily.