Panzer Gunner
Book description
There are few memoirs available of German Panzer crews that focus on the climactic last 12 months of the war on the Eastern Front, 1944-45. What makes Bruno Friesen's account virtually unique is his family background: his parents came from a German-speaking Mennonite community in Ukraine, and were to all…
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1 author picked Panzer Gunner as one of their favorite books. Why do they recommend it?
I think it is only natural to include an autobiography in a list like this, and Bruno Friesen's book is compelling to me for several reasons, mainly because he was a Canadian who ended up in the German Army.
Friesen talks about these curious circumstances honestly and with good humour, and the book transitions quickly from light-hearted reminiscences to a really very good technical study of what it was like to fight in tanks on the Eastern Front.
I thought the book illustrated well how an individual could fight against the multiple dehumanizing forces of modern war and come out…
From Michael's list on explaining the experience of German soldiers in the Second World War.
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