A German General on the Eastern Front: The Letters and Diaries of Gotthard Heinrici, 1941-1942

by Johannes Hürter

The Eastern Front, 1941. Operation Barbarossa. Hitler's armies advance into the Soviet Union to conquer Lebensraum in the East. Among the corps commanders is General Gotthard Heinrici, a career soldier, a highly decorated First World War veteran, who observed and recorded in his diary and letters the unprecedented harshness of the German conduct of the campaign. With remarkable candor he described his experiences at the front and the everyday lives...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1781593965
• ISBN13: 9781781593967
• Release Date: January 2015
• Publisher: Pen & Sword Books
• Length: 176 Pages
• Weight: 1.00 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.2" x 9.3"