Hello. I'm Cheo. I'm from California. Recently stumbled upon this website after rabbit-holing a little bit about the Eastern Front. Read some awesome threads and discussions on here so I figured I'd create an account. I've always had a things for History, specifically the World Wars. Recently reread "The Forgotten Soldier" and being able to comprehend it at an older age, it's been an amazing read, easily one of my favorites, probably one of the best in my opinions and despite the "controversy" surrounding the validity of it. But it's totally peaked my interest to the extreme in terms of all things Eastern Front, especially the German side of things. I have a great respect for the World War Two German Army, not their beliefs but they're fighting ability and weaponry. So any book recommendations on the Eastern Front are greatly welcomed. Thanks.
Actually just bought this book on amazon, should be here in about a week. I must be on the right path. Thank you.
I've had this book on my list for a while. Read some amazon reviews and they seemed very mixed. Also curious about the translation? One review mentioned the translation was very British i.e. uses words like chap, bloody, bloke etc. Tried to read a translation of All Quiet on the Western Front like that one time and I chose not to finish the book for that reason. Found it to be super distracting lol
I suspect the translators were aiming at a specific audience, their own neighbors. I once saw a performance of "Midsummer Night's Dream" set to "rap". It was ... odd. One of my friends loved it. "I can finally relate to Old Will!"
I helped to edit this book. It is a barebones translation of the journals kept by a machine gunner in the antitank company of the 299th Infantry Division. He avoided encirclement and surrender at Stalingrad because his company was off to the north backing up the Romanians. He did not avoid that fate when Army Group Center was destroyed in June, 1944. His fate is unknown.
Welcome to the forums. Hope that you stick around for awhile. Interesting to see what you post. Enjoy!
There's a trend here to translate everything into Lowland Scots these days. It only impresses those who weren't brought up speaking it.
