We are the Eastern Front: A Swabian infantryman on watch and on the attack

It was one attack among so many, yet it was the experience of so many. The attack on Osowiec in Poland. In the mud and bitter cold of his trench, the author experiences the pain, the hope, the joy, the boredom, the fear and the stinging wound of absences.
In his journey from novice soldier and his, "disbelief that anyone could actually run out into the bullets on an attack", to steely veteran, "You just have to survive that first jump and you're away", the author has also used the endless h...