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Lädt ... Twilight of the Gods: A Swedish Waffen-SS Volunteer's Experiences with the 11th SS-Panzergrenadier Division Nordland, Eavon Thorolf Hillblad, Erik Wallin
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Melde dich bei LibraryThing an um herauszufinden, ob du dieses Buch mögen würdest. Keine aktuelle Diskussion zu diesem Buch. When you confuse your profound racism with enlightenment. Yeah, this guy... but I guess no real surprises, he did volunteer to join the SS after all. ( ) This was an interview/war memoir of a Swedish volunteer into a German WW2 unit fighting in the East against Stalin. Not a very common perspective to encounter, as most of the Waffen-SS were killed. Unclear how to really evaluate the fighting aspects of the book -- hard although conventional combat on a horrible front where everything was terrible for everyone, and from this soldier's account, many brave actions as well as many stupid actions, but no real way to establish veracity. Seemed like the entire conflict was after any reasonable chance of victory was gone, so it was just one holding action after another, but as this book basically only covered the last months of the war in Europe, even more so. The more interesting part for me was after the war was winding down, and the politics/legality of non-German troops from neutral powers like Sweden, and how he'd get out of it (which he ultimately did). Mostly it's an account of nasty fighting on the Eastern Front; worth reading if you don't know how bad that is, but otherwise probably redundant. Zeige 2 von 2 keine Rezensionen | Rezension hinzufügen
Twilight of the Gods was originally written in Swedish, and published in Buenos Aires shortly after the end of WWII. Erik Wallin, a Swedish soldier who volunteered for service with the Waffen-SS, participated in the climactic battles on the Eastern Front during late 1944 and 1945, later telling his story to this book's editor, Thorolf Hillblad. Wallin served with the Panzer Reconnaissance Battalion, 11th SS-Panzergrenadier Division Nordland, a unit composed mainly of non-German volunteers, including Danes, Norwegians, and Swedes. The division enjoyed a high reputation for its combat capability, and was always at the focal points of the fighting on the Eastern Front in the last year of the war. During this period it saw combat in the Baltic, in Pomerania, on the Oder, and finally in defense of Berlin, where it was destroyed. Erik Wallin served with his unit in all of these locations, and provides the listener with a fascinating glimpse into these final battles. The book is written with a "no holds barred" approach which will captivate, excite, and maybe even shock the listener-his recollections do not evade the brutality of fighting against the advancing Red Army. Twilight of the Gods is destined to become a classic memoir of the Second World War. Keine Bibliotheksbeschreibungen gefunden. |
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