I have just finished reading The Forsaken Army and it is an excellent read highly recommended. I am now starting In Deadly Combat which also looks a fantastic read. Can anyone inform if The Crack of Doom by Willi Hienrich is worth reading and what is it about? Also has anyone read As Far As My Feet Will Carry Me by J M Bauer? And finally Grenadiers opinions please. Thanks Wodin
The Forsaken Army by Heinrich Gerlach. In Deadly Combat by Gottlob Herbert Biderman. Check them out at amazon both are well worth the purchase and if you buy both from amazon you get them a little cheaper. The books Im after information on are Crack of Doom by Willi Heinrich (cross of iron author) Grenadiers by Kurt Meyer Thanks Wodin
Sorry, Wodin - I wasn't clear ; I've got the first two, it's the others ( Crack of Doom & As Far As My Feet...) that are new to me....
Far As My Feet Will Carry Me by J M Bauer Heres what they say at amazon It is a true story Clemens Forell, a German soldier, was sentenced to 25 years of forced labour in a Siberian lead mine after World War II. Rebelling against the brutality of the camp, Forell staged a daring escape enduring an 8000-mile journey across the trackless wastes of Siberia, in some of the most treacherous and inhospitable conditions on earth. Bauer's writing evokes Forell's desperation in the prison camp, and his struggle for survival and terror of recapture as he makes his way towards the Persian frontier and freedom Just seeing if anyone has read it. Crack of doom here is what ive found out already His second book called "Crack of Doom" is also good. It takes place during the retreat across the Balkans. A third book called "Mark of Shame" has proven to be difficult to locate. If anyone knows anything about the scenario I would appreciate hearing about it. Also The Long Walk looks interesting I am buying this book again 30 years after I first read it.The author was a Polish officer, captured in the forgotten war as Stalin invaded Eastern Poland as Germany attacked the West. This true story is not just an extraordinary escape from one of Stalin's Siberian camps, across the cold of Siberia,a crossing of the Gobi desert and the Himalaya, all by foot, but also a story of hardship and injustice Wodin [ 08. August 2003, 02:18 PM: Message edited by: Wodin ]
Wodin or whomever, I have the German version Die verratene Armee from the 1960's (forsaken army), forsaken alright, right after this book was published everyone enjoyed it and then the claim of it being fiction......eeeeeks.... thoughts ? still a intense book ! der Altenwolf kommt !
Oh I didnt know that. Its still an excellent read and until I look into the fact/fiction issue I couldnt really tell you what I think. However while reading it I believe some poetic license might have been taken with certain conversations. Also the author claims he had to have hypnotherapy to remember his manuscript. Which could be the reason for others thinking it is fiction ie errors etc in the novel. Before I know it all the books I have just read will turn out to be possible fakes ie Guy Sjer! Wodin
