Flakhelfer to Grenadier: Memoir of a Boy Soldier, 1943-1945

by Karl Heinz Schlesier and Karl H. Schlesier

On January 7 1943, the German Government, in order to free adult soldiers for frontline duty, ordered that all male students of secondary schools born in 1926 and 1927 be drafted into anti-air craft service in the homeland. Students were to arrive in batteries on February 18 1943.

After serving from one year (those born in 1926) to thirteen months (those born in 1927), the boys were transferred into the Reich Labor Service and from there into...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1909384984
• ISBN13: 9781909384989
• Release Date: June 2014
• Publisher: Helion & Company
• Length: 184 Pages
• Weight: 0.55 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 6.1" x 9.1"