Format: Hardback
Pages: 288
ISBN: 9781935149057
Pub Date: 19 Jul 2009
Imprint: Casemate Publishers
Illustrations: 16-page photo section
Description:
This book is built around two recently discovered war diaries—one by a member of the 23rd Panzer Division which served under Manstein in Russia, and the other by a member of Rommel’s AfrikaKorps. Together, along with detailed timelines and brief overviews, they comprise a fascinating “ground level” look at the German side of World War II. The assignment of keeping the first diary was given to a soldier in the 2nd Battalion, 201st Panzer Regiment by a commanding officers and the author never saw fit to include his own name.