Mortar Gunner on the Eastern Front: The Memoir of Dr Hans Rehfeldt: Volume II - Russia, Hungary, Lithuania, and the Battle for East Prussia [Hardcover]

Returning to his unit, a grenade launcher commander endures heavy battles, wounds, and perilous escape toward captivity.Returning to his old unit, the grenade launcher, in May 1944, he experienced the heavy defensive battles in Romania as a platoon commander and from August 1944 in East Prussia and Lithuania. After being transferred by ship from Memel to K?nigsberg in late 1944, he took part in the battles for Ostprussen in the winter of 1944/1945. Constantly exposed to the attacks of Russian bombers and fighter planes and severely wounded by shrapnel on the leg, he manages, with the help of a Russian volunteer and a horse-drawn vehicle from Balga to Rosenberg, from there by ship transport via Pillau to Zwinouj[cie and by train to Schwerin.Fleeing the impending Russian imprisonment to the west, he falls into American captivity on 3 May 1945 and is released in July 1945 in the home.Returning to his old unit, the grenade launcher, in May 1944, he experienced the heavy defensive battles in Romania as a platoon commander and from August 1944 in East Prussia and Lithuania. After being transferred by ship from Memel to K?nigsberg in late 1944, he took part in the battles for Ostprussen in the winter of 1944/1945.An authentic and powerful memoir based on the firsthand contemporaneous notes and diaries of a German soldierSearing, uncensored diary entries bring us to the heart of life on the FrontUnparalleled immediacy and detailed descriptions of the various battles he enduredA well-written account of his military experience and lucky escapesIncludes numerous never-before-published photographs Mortar Gunner on the Eastern Fronts soldiers-eye view of combat, without reference to the larger operations or strategy of the fighting, makes it an interesting read. ...one of the more interesting aspects of this volume are the many photos of propaganda leaflets by both the Soviets and Germans, trying to entice the other to surrender... Ably translated into English by Geoffrey BrlS4