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Hans Sturm: A Soldier's Odyssey on the Eastern Front

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Hans Sturm: A Soldier's Odyssey on the Eastern Front

** This electronic edition includes 60 black-and-white photographs **

There are many biographies of former soldiers of the Wehrmacht, many of whom had fascinating and exciting stories to tell, and several of whom were highly decorated. However, few can match Hans Sturm in his astonishing rise from a mere private in an infantry regiment, thrown into the bloody maelstrom of the Eastern Front, to a highly decorated war hero. A young man who had displayed fearless heroism in combat, earning him some of Germany's highest military awards, Sturm hated bullies and injustice, and reacted in his normal pugnacious and outspoken manner when confronted with wrongdoing. From striking a member of the feared Sicherheitsdienst for his treatment of a Jewish woman, to refusing to wear a decoration he felt was tainted because of the treatment of enemy partisans, Sturm repeatedly stuck to his moral values no matter what the risk. Even with the war finally over, Sturm's travails would not end for another eight years as he languished in a number of Soviet labour camps until he was finally released in 1953.

** This electronic edition includes 60 black-and-white photographs **

Country	USA
Author	Gordon Williamson
Binding	Kindle Edition
Format	Kindle eBook
IsAdultProduct
Label	Fonthill Media
Manufacturer	Fonthill Media
NumberOfPages	394
PublicationDate	2015-03-19
Publisher	Fonthill Media
ReleaseDate	2015-03-19
Studio	Fonthill Media

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