Soldat: Reflections of a German Soldier, 1936-1949

Paris. The Somme. The Italian Campaign. The Russian Front. And inside Hitlers bunker during The Battle of Berlin . . . World War II through the eyes of a solider of the Reich.

Siegfried Knappe fought, was wounded, and survived battles in nearly every major Wehrmacht campaign. His astonishing career begins with Hitlers rise to powerand ends with a five-year term in a Russian prison camp, after the Allies rolled victoriously into the smoking rubble of Berlin. The enormous range of Knappes fighting experiences provides an unrivaled combat history of World War II, and a great deal more besides.

Based on Knappes wartime diaries, filled with 16 pages of photos he smuggled into the West at wars end, Soldat delivers a rare opportunity for the reader to understand how a ruthless psychopath motivated an entire generation of ordinary Germans to carry out his monstrous schemes . . . and offers stunning insight into the life of a soldier in Hitlers army.

Remarkable! World War II from inside the Wehrmacht.Kirkus Reviews