Dem Ende entgegen - Mit dem Fallschirm-Panzerfüsilierbataillon 2 "Hermann Göring" in Ostpreußen 1944

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Lieutenant Karl Knoblauch, after stations at the Radfahrschwadron 195 of the 95th Infantry Division in the French campaign and as an observer in the 4th (F) / 14 Fernaufklärerstaffel the Luftwaffe deployed in the middle section of the Eastern Front and seriously injured in a mission, reports after his recovery in the military hospital to the parachute tank corps Hermann Göring. As a platoon commander used in parachute infiltration battalion 2, the author witnessed the heavy defensive battles to East Prussia in 1944/45. The portrayals of these gruesome defensive battles against an overpowering opponent, the terrible fate of the civilian population during the fighting and on the run show the whole horror of the war. After a battle with Russians wounded again, succeeds Karl Garlic in the spring of 1945, the escape over the thawing lagoon. At an air base in Jagel near Schleswig, Karl Knoblauch experiences the capitulation and the end of the war.

Hardcover: 224 pages

Language: German

Size: 17.9 x 2.2 x 25 cm