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Five Years, Four Fronts: A German Officer's World War II Combat Memoir (Mass Market Paperback)

by Georg Grossjohann (Author) "September 1939 marked the end of bloodless victories for the Third Reich and the beginning of general war in Europe for the second time in..." (more)
Key Phrases: grenadier regiment, pioneer platoon, regimental staff, Army Group, Nineteenth Army, East Prussian (more...)

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“A better book [than] All Quiet on the Western Front.”
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After Hitler’s invasions of Poland and France came the Russian Front–and that’s when the real war started.

An infantryman who rose from the enlisted ranks to regimental command in combat, Georg Grossjohann fought on four different fronts during World War II, but saw most of his fighting–from 1941 to 1944–against Russians in the Soviet Union and Romania. He provides shattering glimpses of the horror and chaos of the war, as well as profound insights into everyday life in the Wehrmacht.

Five Years, Four Fronts chronicles the combat experiences of Grossjohann and his men as they triumphantly roll across Poland, France, and the sunny steppes of the Ukraine, only to ultimately sustain grinding defeats in the endless, freezing plains of the Soviet Union and the grim, dark Vosges Mountains of France. Grossjohann was a soldier’s soldier, respected by his men, undaunted by his superiors, and, as can be observed in this raw, brutally honest account, not afraid to call the shots as he saw them.

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Mass Market Paperback: 288 pages
Publisher: Presidio Press (January 25, 2005)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0345476107
ISBN-13: 978-0345476104
Product Dimensions: 6.7 x 4.2 x 1 inches
Shipping Weight: 5.6 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)

Average Customer Review: 3.8 out of 5 stars See all reviews (8 customer reviews)

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September 1939 marked the end of bloodless victories for the Third Reich and the beginning of general war in Europe for the second time in less than twenty-one years. Read the first page

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grenadier regiment, pioneer platoon, regimental staff, infantry division, panzer corps, panzer armies, regimental commander

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Army Group, Nineteenth Army, East Prussian, Georg Grossjohann Remembers, Knight's Cross, Major Grossjohann, Oberst Newiger, Maginot Line, Eastern Front, Vosges Mountains, Sixth Army, Third Army, Grand Tattoo, High Vosges, Soviet Union, Erwin the Only, Fortress Fermont, First World War, Heinrich Himmler, Route Nationale, Schlucht Pass, Afrika Korps, Eighth Army, Low Vosges, Seventh Army

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Great Britain (Look Inside) by Ian James in Back Matter
The Second World War (Causes & Consequences) by Stewart Ross in Back Matter
When the Odds Were Even: The Vosges Mountain Campaign, October 1944--January 1945 by Keith Bonn in Back Matter
Europe and the Mediterranean (West Point Military History Series) by Thomas Griess in Back Matter
Command Missions: A Personal Story by Lucian K. Truscott in Back Matter

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4.0 out of 5 stars Interesting book; disjointed presentation, March 19, 2006

By	R. W. Levesque (Germany) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

An interesting and easy to read first person perspective from a former German officer. Grossjohann enlisted in the late 1920s and finished the war in 1945 as a major. It provides insight into what it was like to fight at the tactical level in Poland, the Russian Front, and the west. He fought against the Poles (limited action), the Russians (quite a bit), the Americans, and the French. Provides insight into the steadily decreasing capabilities of German units as the war progressed.

Unfortunately the book is a bit disjointed as it jumps from experience to experience, with the odd sidebar thrown in. Fortunately there is an attempt to put Grossjohann's battles into the larger picture so the reader has some context.

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3.0 out of 5 stars Good but brief, March 10, 2006

By	John F. Wright (Savage, Minnesota United States) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

Interesting details but a very short book. Although it is 250 pages (twenty of which are appendices) more than half is a historical commentary by Keith Bonn and Wolf Zoepf. The historical commentary is a nice review of war events to frame Georg's comments but it means that book contains only about 100 pages of Georg's rememberances. The historical commentary is good but not 100% accurate. Georg's comments are not very flattering to the German military and many are stray comments about (civilian) women that he met.

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4.0 out of 5 stars Now I need to learn to read German, July 17, 2009

By	Earl L. Morris "Rattenherren" (Kerrville, TX USA) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

I picked up Five Years, Four Fronts by Georg Grossjohan the other day at my local bookstore. It turns out it is not quite what I was led to believe but it is still very enjoyable. The book is broken down into snippets of time where the editor starts an overview of the military situation in and around the 198th Infantry Division throughout the war then goes to "...Georg remembers..." which goes into his thoughts about the events during that time. I've read quite a few books about WWII but never before have I read a book that has implanted in me the desire to learn another language so I can read all of that person's memoirs. If you see this one on the shelf or online do yourself a favor and buy it!

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