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

Hurter, Johanne

ISBN 10: 1399082817 / ISBN 13: 9781399082815

Published by Pen and Sword Military, 2021

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: A German General on the Eastern Front: The Letters and Diaries of Gotthard Heinrici 1941-1942
• Publisher: Pen and Sword Military
• Publication Date: 2021
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1399082817
• ISBN 13: 9781399082815
• Binding: Soft cover
• Condition: New

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Synopsis

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 candour he described his experiences at the front and the everyday lives of the troops under his command - and the appalling conditions in which the war was fought. In his writings he revealed his growing doubts about Hitler's strategy and his mounting concern as the Wehrmacht was implicated in war crimes and the first actions of the Holocaust. This selection from Heinrici's diaries and letters, edited and with a perceptive introduction by Johannes HÂrter, gives a fascinating inside view of the fighting on the Eastern Front from a commander's perspective. It is also provides an unusual insight into the feelings, attitudes and acute anxieties of one of the Wehrmacht's most able generals in the midst of a brutal campaign.

About the Author

Katie Stossel is a State Registered Nurse with over 40 years experience. She lectures on medical matters worldwide with her surgeon husband. She lives in Kent.