THROUGH HELL FOR HITLER: A Dramatic First~Hand Account Of Fighting On The Eastern Front With The Wehrmacht

black hardcover 8vo. (octavo). dustwrapper in protective plastic book jacket cover. fine cond. binding square & tight. covers clean. edges clean. contents free of markings. dustwrapper in fine cond. bit of rubbing at spine (top & bottom) & corners. not torn or price clipped (no price listed). nice clean copy. no library markings, store stamps, stickers, bookplates, no names, inking, underlining, remainder markings etc~. book club edition. 208p. glossy b&w photo illustrations. index. autobiography. memoirs. world war ii. nazi germany. third reich. soviet union. military history. ~ Eighteen~year~old Henry Metelmann joined a German Panzer division in 1941, a committed National Socialist and former member of the Hitler Youth, ready for the great onslaught against Russia. The first euphoric stages of that campaign saw the Wehrmacht sweeping all before it, but as the German forces struck deep into the Russian heartland, Metelmann began to question the justness of this savage war. Then came the turning point. Victory became terrible and total defeat. From the Russian white hell, the remains of the German forces fled in an epic retreat. Having escaped from the Russians, Metelmann survived to become a prisoner of war and was sent to America, and then to Britain, where he had time to reflect on the part he had played in one of mankind's most horrible conflicts. Resident in Britain since 1948, he has now written of his beliefs and experiences as a tribute to those who fell victim in that awful conflict, and a ghastly warning for those who might consider such action in the future.…