Eastern Inferno

Eastern Inferno The Journals of a German Panzerjäger on the Eastern Front, 1941–43 Language:English Format:Paperback Dimensions:5.1" x 7.8" Pages:256 Photos:illustrations Publisher:Casemate ISBN:9781636242200 Item No. 9781636242200 This book presents the remarkable personal journals of a German soldier who participated in Operation Barbarossa and subsequent battles on the Eastern Front, revealing the combat experience of the German-Russian War as seldom seen before.Hans Roth was a member of the anti-tank (Panzerjager) battalion, 299th Infantry Division, attached to Sixth Army, as the invasion of Russia began. Writing as events transpired, he recorded the mystery and tension as the Germans deployed on the Soviet frontier in June 1941. Then a firestorm broke loose as the Wehrmacht tore across the front, forging into the primitive vastness of the East.During the Kiev encirclement, Roth's unit was under constant attac