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Mortar Gunner on the Eastern Front: The Memoir of Dr H... by Hans Heinz Rehfeldt
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Item specifics
- Condition
- ISBN
- 9781784383619
- EAN
- 9781784383619
- Publication Year
- 2019
- Format
- Hardcover
- Language
- English
- Book Title
- Mortar Gunner on the Eastern Front: the Memoir of Dr Hans Rehfeldt : Volume I - from the Moscow Winter Offensive to Operation Zitadelle
- Illustrator
- Yes
- Publisher
- Pen & Sword Books The Limited
- Genre
- History
- Item Length
- 9.5 in
- Topic
- Russia & the Former Soviet Union, Military / World War II, World
- Item Width
- 6 in
- Number of Pages
- 352 Pages
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Product Identifiers
Publisher
Pen & Sword Books The Limited
ISBN-10
1784383619
ISBN-13
9781784383619
eBay Product ID (ePID)
26038687743
Product Key Features
Book Title
Mortar Gunner on the Eastern Front: the Memoir of Dr Hans Rehfeldt : Volume I - from the Moscow Winter Offensive to Operation Zitadelle
Number of Pages
352 Pages
Language
English
Topic
Russia & the Former Soviet Union, Military / World War II, World
Publication Year
2019
Illustrator
Yes
Genre
History
Format
Hardcover
Dimensions
Item Length
9.5 in
Item Width
6 in
Additional Product Features
Reviews
This is a fairly detailed and informative account of a soldier who found himself on the Eastern Front.
Synopsis
In 1940, Rehfeldt volunteered for the Panzer Arm trained with Grossdeutschland Division. He had an incredible career, fighting on the Front line, learning to walk again after suffering severe frostbite, and being held as PoW for a month in a camp at Waschow., A visceral account from contemporaneous diaries of a soldier who frequently came close to death but somehow survived.Following his Abitur (A-levels) in 1940, Rehfeldt volunteered for the Panzer Arm but was trained on the heavy mortar and heavy MG with Grossdeutschland Division.He was on the Front from 1941 fighting for the city of Tula, south of Moscow. Battling in freezing conditions, at its lowest -52, the descriptions of the privations are vivid and terrifying. With no winter clothes they resorted to using those taken from Soviet corpses.In 1942, fighting near Oriel, however, his battalion suffered heavy losses and was disbanded. Ill with frostbitten legs, Rehfeldt was treated in hospital and once recovered was dispatched to the Front.Following various battles (Werch, Bolchov) his battalion again suffered heavy losses and it merged. In agony from severe frostbite to his legs, Rehfeldt defied the odds and astonished his surgeon when he walked again. He was promoted from Gunner to Trained Private Soldier in 1942, and to Corporal for bravery in the field in 1943.He was awarded numerous honors including the Wound Badge and the Infantry Assault Badge.On 3 May 1945 he was captured by US Forces and held as POW for one month in a camp at Waschow before internment in Holstein from where he was released in July 1945 after agreeing to work on the land. In December 1945 he began studying veterinary medicine: his future career.This astonishing account of a man who kept bouncing back from near death is a testament to the author's determination and sheer strength of spirit., 'Gasping for breath, we reached our forward mortars and stacked the ammunition nearby. The accursed Russian MG was still firing into our flank ... I was studying a barn about 500m from the village when by chance I saw a Russian steel helmet and the muzzle fire. I pointed out my discovery to the artillery spotter. At once he gave new orders ... the next round blew up the barn, boards and beams whirled in the air. Direct hit!' Book jacket.
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