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Gods of War: Memoir of a German Soldier
0891414029

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Hans Werner Woltersdorf

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Original German title, Picknick Zwischen Biarritz and Shitomir

Table of contents :
Cover......Page 1
Synopsis......Page 2
Back cover......Page 4
Chapter 1......Page 11
Chapter 2......Page 23
Chapter 3......Page 27
Chapter 4......Page 39
Chapter 5......Page 53
Chapter 6......Page 65
Chapter 7......Page 75
Chapter 8......Page 89
Chapter 9......Page 99
Photographs......Page 111
Chapter 10......Page 115
Chapter 11......Page 123
Chapter 12......Page 133
Chapter 13......Page 145
Chapter 14......Page 157
Chapter 15......Page 165
Chapter 16......Page 177
Chapter 17......Page 189
Chapter 18......Page 205
Chapter 19......Page 213
Chapter 20......Page 225
Chapter 21......Page 233
Postscript......Page 241

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ISBN :0-89141 -402-9

Hans Werner Woltersdorf

A n engaging, meaningful and memorable memoir of a German soldier in World War II that reads like a novel. The author reminds us that there are many sides in any conflict; there are guns and tanks, death and destruction, but most of the young men who march off to war are strong, spirited, romantic and reckless. The soldier in this account combines all those qualities. When he was seventeen, he joined the Waffen SS because the line was shorter than at the other divisions. He became a good soldier, a lieutenant in the Das Reich '.V'/' /

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