Stormtrooper on the Eastern Front

Stormtrooper on the Eastern Front

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Stormtrooper on the Eastern Front

Fighting with Hitler's Latvian SS




Author:Mintauts Blosfelds
Language:English Text
Format:Hardcover
Dimensions:6" x 9"
Pages:224 pages
Photos:16 pages of b+w photos
Maps:Some maps
Publisher:Pen and Sword
ISBN:N/A
Item No. CP-7204



Following the conquest of his native Latvia by the Nazis, the author was given the stark choice: service in the SS or forced labor in a slave camp. So he 'volunteered' to fight for the Nazis. He describes his training and how he became an instructor before being sent into Russia. He nearly perished during the terrible winter of 1943-44 being wounded and finding himself with his friend lying dead on top of him. As the tide turned and the Russians advanced remorselessly through. He was wounded twice more and awarded the Iron Cross for bravery.

With German resistance collapsing, the author had to flee for his life - capture by the Russians meant almost certain death. He surrendered to the Americans but describes the neglect he suffered at their hands. Unable to return to Latvia now occupied by the Russians, he became a Displaced Person eventually settling in the U