Forgotten Soldier book
Posted: Sun Feb 13, 2005 9:35 am
Hi Barry,
Just noticed your remark on the book. I have been finishing the book last summer holiday in France at temperatures soaring above 30 C. A very huge contrast to the circumstances these guys fought in.
The most "disturbing" if you will, impression I got from the book was that my perception of warfare in WWII up to that point seemed to be VERY WRONG.
In my mind and with the books I have been reading up till that point warfare in WWII seemed to be well rather organised. You always here the German Army talked about as organised. You think every soldier knows the plan, and what they are about to get tasked. But in fact it is all one big chaos. They never seemed to have any idea about their "bigger" task and what the aim was of this attack or that defensive position etc etc.
The fact that all units were just one big intermingled mass when retreating seems to bowl over the idea of units going through war with some sort of reason and order to it.
If two words can sum this all up I would say CHAOS and SURVIVAL.
A great read for anyone wishing to play WWII
René
Just noticed your remark on the book. I have been finishing the book last summer holiday in France at temperatures soaring above 30 C. A very huge contrast to the circumstances these guys fought in.
The most "disturbing" if you will, impression I got from the book was that my perception of warfare in WWII up to that point seemed to be VERY WRONG.
In my mind and with the books I have been reading up till that point warfare in WWII seemed to be well rather organised. You always here the German Army talked about as organised. You think every soldier knows the plan, and what they are about to get tasked. But in fact it is all one big chaos. They never seemed to have any idea about their "bigger" task and what the aim was of this attack or that defensive position etc etc.
The fact that all units were just one big intermingled mass when retreating seems to bowl over the idea of units going through war with some sort of reason and order to it.
If two words can sum this all up I would say CHAOS and SURVIVAL.
A great read for anyone wishing to play WWII
René