I have just finished an increadible book by Alderbert {Albert} Holl,
called
"An Infantryman in Stalingrad"
the thing about this book is that it dated -23rd Sept 1942- to 2 Feb -1942
He was born 15 Feb 1918 and died 6 June 1982.
What is facinating is that 3/4 of the book is about an attack on a certain building and then reaching the Volga using Armour to help {along with Artillery etc}
It is an in your face journal so accurate with maps, and air phtos etc, that you can track him and the Armour day by day, he uses for this most impotant task as a Company Commander 2 STUG Panzers to help in talking the building, it is riveting reading, the briefings, and the sheer struggle with weather, injuries, and building and house to house combat. That he survived as a Stalingrad prisoner is even more impressive when we know few ever made it back to home alive from the Russian POW Camps and Gulags
I recommend it to all
It has been translated by Jason D Mark and Neil Page.
I have just finished another called 5 years 5 Fronts. and am reading the story of a Panzer Gunners war experiences. If anyone wishes more information on these books please reply
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