I Saw Them Die - 20th Century Collection 191

Chronicler and witness to the Russian campaign, Sven Hassel masterfully describes in this book the suffering and deeds of these soldiers, left to inhumane conditions due to Hitler's madness. Finally, the retreat comes. Starving and freezing, they escape torture and internment in Russian camps. Familiar heroes will be found here: Porta, Heide, the fanatic, the legionnaire longing for France, and that sergeant beloved by all whom they called the Old Man. Lost in immense Russia, searching for the still active German front, they eventually reach the lines after a dramatic episode, the description of which is one of the most moving written by Sven Hassel.