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At Leningrad's gates: the story of a soldier with Army Group North

By David B , Germany. Heer. Armee Gruppe Nord.;Lubbeck , William;Hurt

Book information

Publisher
Casemate Publishers and Book Distributors
ISBN
9781935149378, 9781935149798, 1935149377
Language
english
Format
EPUB
Filesize
4 MB (4319909 bytes)
Pages
xii, 257 pages : illustrations, portraits, maps ;
Time added
2020-07-26 19:24:52
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Description

WORLD HISTORY: SECOND WORLD WAR. This is the remarkable story of a German soldier who fought throughout World War II, rising from conscript private to captain of a heavy weapons company on the Eastern Front. William Lubbeck, age 19, was drafted into the Wehrmacht in August 1939. As a member of the 58th Infantry Division, he received his baptism of fire during the 1940 invasion of France. The 58th Division was thrown back and forth across the front of Army Group North, from Novgorod to Demyansk, at one point fighting back Russian attacks on the ice of Lake Ilmen. A soldier who preferred to be close to the action, Lubbeck served as forward observer for his company, dueling with Russian snipers, partisans and full-scale assaults alike.

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