TY  - BOOK
AU  - Sajer,Guy
TI  - The forgotten soldier: war on the Russian front, a true story 
SN  - 0304352403
AV  - D764 .Sa1
PY  - 1999///
CY  - London,[England]
PB  - Cassell
KW  - Sajer, Guy
KW  - Germany
KW  - Heer
KW  - Biography
KW  - Panzer Division "Grossdeutschland"
KW  - fast
KW  - World War, 1939-1945
KW  - Campaigns
KW  - Eastern Front
KW  - Personal narratives, German
KW  - Personal narratives, French
KW  - Soldiers
KW  - Guerre mondiale, 1939-1945
KW  - Campagnes et batailles
KW  - Front oriental
KW  - Military campaigns
KW  - Eastern Front (World War (1939-1945))
KW  - Autobiography
KW  - Personal Narrative
KW  - autobiographies (literary works)
KW  - aat
KW  - Autobiographies
KW  - Personal narratives
KW  - Biographies
KW  - French
KW  - German
KW  - lcgft
KW  - rvmgf
KW  - R�ecits personnels
N1  - Russia, Autumn, 1942 -- "The gross Deutschland" Spring, 1943-Summer, 1943 -- The retreat Autumn, 1943 -- To the west Winter, 1943-Summer, 1944 -- The end Autumn, 1944-Spring, 1945; Supplied by ASKEWS. Readership guide: Adult non-fiction: 01-JUL-1999
N2  - When Guy Sajer joins the infantry full of ideals in the summer of 1942, the German army is enjoying unparalleled success in Russia. However, he quickly finds that for the foot soldier the glory of military success hides a much harsher reality of hunger, fatigue, and constant deprivation. Posted to the elite Grosse Deutschland division, with its sadistic instructors who shoot down those who fail to make the grade, he enters a violent and remorseless world where all youthful hope is gradually ground down, and all that matters is the brute will to survive. As the biting cold of the Russian winter sets in, and the tide begins to turn against the Germans, life becomes an endless round of pounding artillery attacks and vicious combat against a relentless and merciless Red Army. Sajer's perspective as a German foot soldier makes The Forgotten Soldier a unique war memoir
ER  -