A German General on the Eastern Front: The Letters and Diaries

A German General on the Eastern Front: The Letters and Diaries of Gotthard Heinrici 1941-1942

The Eastern Front, 1941. Operation Barbarossa. Hitlerâ€™s armies advance into the Soviet Union to conquer Lebensraum in the East. Among the corps commanders is General Gotthard Heinrici, a career soldier, a highly decorated First World War veteran, who observed and recorded in his diary and letters the unprecedented harshness of the German conduct of the campaign. With remarkable candor he described his experiences at the front and the everyday lives of the troops under his command - and the appalling conditions in which the war was fought. In his writings he revealed his growing doubts about Hitler's strategy and his mounting concern as the Wehrmacht was implicated in war crimes and the first actions of the Holocaust. This selection from Heinriciâ€™s diaries and letters, edited and with a perceptive introduction by Johannes HÃ¼rter, gives a fascinating inside view of the fighting on the Eastern Front from a commanderâ€™s perspective. It is also provides an unusual insight into the feelings, attitudes and acute anxieties of one of the Wehrmachtâ€™s most able generals in the midst of a brutal campaign.
Country USA
Brand Pen & Sword Books
Manufacturer Pen and Sword Military
Binding Hardcover
ReleaseDate 2014-12-26
UnitCount 1
EANs 9781781593967

A German General on the Eastern Front: The Letters and Diaries of Gotthard Heinrici 1941-1942