filled with detail

he remembers in great detail the battles and places from early to late war. and the sadness beautifully stated about returning home. it gave me a Gone With The Wind style epic sensation near the end.

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Different Personal Perspective

I found this book to be incredible, Armin at such a young age shows a German view of the Eastern front and also how they had to deal with impossible situations. The ordeals after the war had ended were insightful and something I had not before considered.

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very interesting listen but quite dry.

interesting listen but it was very much facts and events based. Not much about how he felt about the war.

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Extraordinary witness account

I was addicted..the book gave me a new perspective on WWII.
Terrifying in parts and unforgettable descriptions of battle scenes.

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Fantastic

This book is not only fantastically written, but extremely well performed and was a pleasure to listen to.

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This was the second of recent verbatim reports of ordinary soldiers fighting for the German Reich I have listens to on Audible. I suppose, given the atmosphere of growing up in the Thirties and the age of Herr Scheiderbauer when he joined up, he could be forgiven in calling it “Adventures in My Youth”.

For want of any corroborating evidence to the contrary, I took his narrative as honest and an attempt to let the reader see that the Second World War was for many Germans as awful as it was for the Allies.

Also, being a young man at the time, he seems very keen to mention, throughout his narrative, the many medals available and won by him. He was clearly looking for a natural progression through the ranks and conducting himself honourably.

It was his bad luck to represent one totalitarian state against another in the East.

There was no mention of Germany’s guilt in the War but his mention of fighting Bolshevism and how cruel the Russians could be. Seeing this was written many years after it all happened, I thought that there may had been some comment on his part in the destruction of many countries, deaths of many, many innocent people. However, it is interesting, well narrated and gives a further view on this period.

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superb detail of a German soldier at war

one of the best personal stories of war I have read. Recommend to anyone with an interest in the experience of those who take part in the conflict the politicians lead states to.

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nice ending

even the losers deserve a happy ending !!
a good story
well written & well told by the narrator!👍

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Great book and great narrator!

I've read the book many times and I'm sure it will forever stand as an insightful look into both the war and how ordinary, good men could take part in the horrors of ww2. Focused on the Eastern front it also gives the reader a view on how the Germans and Russians where percieved by the Many nations they interacted with during the years of the war. Surely an important read for the young western student.

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interesting in parts

like others have said ,not always easy to follow and feels censored abruptly by the changing of subjects .

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