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Radio Operator on the Eastern Front
- An Illustrated Memoir, 1940-1949
- Narrated by: Julian Elfer
- Length: 5 hrs and 31 mins
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Publisher's summary
This is the true and dramatic testimony of a German grenadier during World War II.
Erhard Steiniger joined his Wehrmacht unit on October 12, 1940, as a radio operator, a role which required his constant presence with troops at the Front, right in the midst of combat. On June 22, 1941, he accompanied his division to Lithuania where he experienced the catastrophic first day of Operation Barbarossa.
He later witnessed intense clashes during the conquest of the Baltic islands and the battles leading up to Leningrad on the Volkhov and Lake Ladoga. He describes the retreat from battles in Estonia, Kurland, and East Prussia and his eventual surrender and captivity in Siberia. He finally returned to Germany in October 1949, a broken man.
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Using archival records, in this book, David Stahel presents a history of Germany's summer campaign from the perspective of the two largest and most powerful Panzer groups on the Eastern front. Stahel's research provides a fundamental reassessment of Germany's war against the Soviet Union, highlighting the prodigious internal problems of the vital Panzer forces and revealing that their demise in the earliest phase of the war undermined the whole German invasion.
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Best book on Operation Barbarossa so far
- By Amazon Customer on 09-14-21
By: David Stahel
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Airborne
- The Combat Story of Ed Shames of Easy Company
- By: Ian Gardner
- Narrated by: P.J. Ochlan
- Length: 10 hrs and 6 mins
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Some men are born to be warriors, and Ed Shames is one of these men. His incredible combat record includes service at D-Day, Operation Market Garden, and Bastogne and finally in Germany itself.
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Let down
- By Craig W. Mcsorley on 06-30-15
By: Ian Gardner
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Normandiefront
- D-Day to Saint-Lô Through German Eyes
- By: Vince Milano, Bruce Conner
- Narrated by: Joe Barrett
- Length: 11 hrs and 33 mins
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In the cold morning of June 6, 1944, thousands of German soldiers were in position from Port en Bessin eastward past Colleville on the Normandy coast, aware that a massive invasion force was heading straight for them, although according to Allied Intelligence, they shouldn't have been there. The presence of 352 Division meant that the number of defenders was literally double the number expected - and on the best fortified of all the invasion beaches. What makes this account of the bloody struggle unique is that it is told from the German standpoint, using firsthand testimony....
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give up on trying to mimic a German accent
- By TEBjornson on 04-13-23
By: Vince Milano, and others
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The Panzer Killers
- The Untold Story of a Fighting General and His Spearhead Tank Division's Charge into the Third Reich
- By: Daniel P. Bolger
- Narrated by: Stephen Mendel
- Length: 13 hrs and 2 mins
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Two months after D-Day, the Allies found themselves in a stalemate in Normandy, having suffered enormous casualties attempting to push through hedgerow country. Troops were spent, and American tankers, lacking the tactics and leadership to deal with the terrain, were losing their spirit. General George Patton and the other top US commanders needed an officer who knew how to break the impasse and roll over the Germans - they needed one man with the grit and the vision to take the war all the way to the Rhine. Patton and his peers selected Maurice Rose.
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Pronunciation counts
- By Brian Shivers on 08-22-21
By: Daniel P. Bolger
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Steel Boat Iron Hearts
- A U-boat Crewman's Life Aboard U-505
- By: Hans Goebeler, John Vanzo
- Narrated by: Norman Dietz
- Length: 11 hrs and 37 mins
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Using his own experiences, log books, and correspondence with other U-boat crewmen, Hans Goebeler offers rich and personal details about what life was like in the German Navy under Hitler. Since his first and last posting was to U-505, Goebeler's perspective of the crew, commanders, and war patrols paints a vivid and complete portrait unlike any other to come out of the Kriegsmarine. He witnessed it all, from deadly sabotage efforts that almost sunk the boat to the tragic suicide of the only U-boat commander who took his life during World War II.
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Not impressed with the narration
- By Andrew on 08-20-16
By: Hans Goebeler, and others
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Blood, Dust and Snow
- Diaries of a Panzer Commander in Germany and on the Eastern Front
- By: Friedrich Sander, Robin Schafer - editor translator, Roger Moorhouse - foreword
- Narrated by: Stephan Goldbach
- Length: 15 hrs and 23 mins
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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.
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Great Insights
- By Jarvin Nightwind on 09-18-23
By: Friedrich Sander, and others
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Panzer Gunner
- From My Native Canada to the German Ostfront and Back. In Action with 25th Panzer Regiment, 7th Panzer Division 1944-45
- By: Bruno Friesen
- Narrated by: David de Vries
- Length: 8 hrs and 31 mins
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Panzer Gunner is a unique memoir of a Canadian serving in a German armored division. Bruno Friesen explains what it was like to fight in a tank on the Eastern Front and provides details on the battlefield performance of the Panzer IV tank. Six months before World War II erupted in 1939, Bruno Friesen was sent to Germany by his father in hopes of a better life. Friesen was drafted into the Wehrmacht three years later and ended up in the 7th Panzer Division. Friesen experienced intense combat against the Soviets in Romania, Lithuania, and West Prussia.
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Turning a war novel into an English Lit Project
- By Ryan on 05-03-18
By: Bruno Friesen
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Fur Volk and Fuhrer
- The Memoir of a Veteran of the 1st SS Panzer Division Leibstandarte SS Adolf Hitler
- By: Erwin Bartmann, Derik Hammond
- Narrated by: James Foster
- Length: 8 hrs and 49 mins
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Like many Germans, Berlin schoolboy Erwin Bartmann fell under the spell of the Zeitgeist cultivated by the Nazis. Convinced he was growing up in the best country in the world, he dreamt of joining the Leibstandarte, Hitler's elite Waffen SS unit. Tall, blond, blue-eyed, and just 17-years-old, Erwin fulfilled his dream on Mayday 1941, when he gave up his apprenticeship at the Glaser bakery in Memeler Strasse and walked into the Lichterfelde barracks in Berlin as a raw, volunteer recruit.
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High rating with a major proviso
- By marykk on 05-22-17
By: Erwin Bartmann, and others
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In Deadly Combat
- A German Soldier's Memoir of the Eastern Front
- By: Gottlob Herbert Bidermann, Derek S. Zumbro - translator
- Narrated by: Paul Woodson
- Length: 13 hrs and 59 mins
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Wounded five times and awarded numerous decorations for valor, Gottlob Herbert Bidermann saw action in the Crimea and siege of Sebastopol, participated in the vicious battles in the forests south of Leningrad, and ended the war in the Courland Pocket. In his memoir, he shares his impressions of countless Russian POWs seen at the outset of his service, of peasants struggling to survive the hostilities while caught between two ruthless antagonists, and of corpses littering the landscape.
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Not as engaging as others
- By Bookworm on 12-20-17
By: Gottlob Herbert Bidermann, and others
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On a Knife’s Edge
- The Ukraine, November 1942-March 1943
- By: Prit Buttar
- Narrated by: Roger Clark
- Length: 22 hrs and 7 mins
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The battle of Stalingrad was the turning point of World War II. The German capture of the city, their encirclement by Soviet forces shortly afterwards, and the hard-fought but futile attempts to relieve them, saw bitter attritional fighting and extremes of human misery inflicted on both sides. In this title, a renowned expert on warfare on the Eastern Front reveals the often-overlooked German counteroffensive post-Stalingrad, and how it prevented the whole Axis front line from collapsing.
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Best of its kind!
- By Max on 02-10-20
By: Prit Buttar
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We Will Not Go to Tuapse
- From the Donets to the Oder with the Legion Wallonie and 5th SS Volunteer Assault Brigade ‘Wallonien’ 1942-45
- By: Fernand Kaisergruber
- Narrated by: Paul Woodson
- Length: 18 hrs and 40 mins
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Until recent years, very little was known of the tens of thousands of foreign nationals from Norway, Denmark, Holland, Belgium, France, and Spain who served voluntarily in the military formations of the German army and the German Waffen-SS. In Kaisergruber's book, the listener discovers important issues of collaboration, the apparent contributions of the volunteers to the German war effort, their varied experiences, their motives, the attitude of the German High Command and bureaucracy, and the reaction to these in the occupied countries.
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Why did it end at Cherkassy?
- By DAVIS J BEAM III on 03-28-18
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12th Hitlerjugend SS Panzer Division in Normandy
- By: Tim Saunders, Richard Hone
- Narrated by: Bruce Mann
- Length: 9 hrs and 21 mins
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Raised in 1943 with 17-year-olds from the Hitler Youth movement, and following the twin disasters of Stalingrad and "Tunisgrad", the Hitlerjugend Panzer Division emerged as the most effective German division fighting in the West. The core of the division was a cadre of offices and NCOs provided by Hitler's bodyguard division, the elite Leibstandarte, with the aim of producing a division of "equal value" to fight alongside them in I SS Panzer Corps.
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- By Andrew Paul Foust on 08-24-21
By: Tim Saunders, and others
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- Corey cruz
- 05-18-22
very brief novel
While not in my top 5 favorite books on German soldiers on the eastern front it does shed light on a seldom seen side or the war. I do recommend it
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- Ben
- 05-29-22
Humble insights
love these german memoirs, sharing some of the writers experiences in an environment I cannot begin to comprehend
Thank you for sharing Herr Steiniger
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- Connor
- 05-10-23
Excellent War Time Diary
A wonderful little book about the struggles of a German soldier on the eastern front. Absolutely ghastly stories of war crimes perpetrated by the Allies at wars end that are virtually erased from history. Apparently you can get away with such things when you win, and the victims are German.
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- Joey and tara
- 11-03-23
Great balance of detail and personal story
The narration and story are equally excellent. His experiences are very interesting. I highly recommend.
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- Hendrick
- 09-29-23
Heartbreaking but Hopeful
One of the shortest German accounts of the war I have read, it is perhaps the single most tragic. I still recommend it highly, because it sheds light on many aspects of the conflict (both during and postwar) that are largely ignored today because they don't support current political ends. It is worth it for the ending, and I feel the account reaches a narrative resolution that most other resources lack. If you are starting to read German war memoirs, please start here.
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- Mooo
- 12-10-23
Brilliant and honest depiction
Refreshingly honest and relatively unbiased depiction of the eastern front. It is criminal what the German soldier endured during and after the war.
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- Jamie Blyth
- 08-21-21
Breathtaking
This was a wonderfully narrated account and deeply moving. I’m glad he made it home. Some luck, determination and soul.
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- Jeeper
- 11-30-21
The Author Despises the Czechs
Skip the first 45 minutes: it's nothing but bashing the Czechs and other untermenschen. Once you get passed the Germans good / Slavs bad whining, it's a very good story. The author deserved his time in the camps in Siberia.
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- Mike
- 02-07-23
Great story, mediocre narration
Excellent account of the Eastern front. The terror and many war crimes committed by the Soviets towards the end of the war had me in a rage. The narrator is clear, however very robotic and emotionless. Some moments that should have had a punch of feeling just fall flat as matter of fact. Perhaps that was the intention but it doesn't work.
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- Miona
- 02-13-23
A must read
Adds another dimension to this dark period of human history.
To each his or her fate.
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