THE FORGOTTEN SOLDIER: Can We Believe This Russian Front Memoir?
Is The Forgotten Soldier one of the greatest firsthand accounts of World War II—or is it a story we can't completely trust?
Guy Sajer's The Forgotten Soldier has become one of the best-known memoirs of the German experience on the Russian Front. For generations of readers, it has offered a gripping, often brutal account of combat on the Eastern Front.
But how accurate is it?
In this episode of World War 2 Live, John, Kevin and Mark take a closer look at the book, its extraordinary claims, the details that have been questioned, and the debate over whether Sajer's account can be taken at face…
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