Author: Scheiderbauer, Armin (trans. C. F. Colton),
Title: ADVENTURES IN MY YOUTH - A German Soldier on the Eastern Front 1941-45.
Description: Helion / Book Club Associates, London, 2003, club edn., xiv, 208pp, [i] ads., photo pictorial paper covered laminated boards, decorative head and tail bands, the author's experiences in the German army in ww2, called up in August 1941 and after training posted in July 1942 as an Officer-Cadet to 6th Company, Infantry Regiment 7, 252nd Infantry Division on the Eastern Front 150km from Moscow, after further training in the winter 1942/3 serving as platoon commander and later company commander in Silesia, an officer's course in 1944 and back to the bitter defensive battles of the Russian summer offensive, The Narev bridgehead and the Vistula offensive before final capture in April 1945, becoming a prisoner of the Russians and his further experiences until final release in September, 1947, lightly rubbed at tips, no dustwrapper, near fine,

Keywords: war ww2 army germany russia infantry eatern front officer narev vistula silesia


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