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On January 7 1943, the German Government, in order to free adult soldiers for frontline duty, ordered that all male students of secondary schools born in 1926 and 1927 be drafted into anti-air craft service in the homeland. Students were to arrive in batteries on February 18 1943. After serving from one year (those born in 1926) to thirteen months (those born in 1927), the boys were transferred into the Reich Labor Service and from there into the armed forces. They were replaced by boys born in 1928 who served to the end of the war. About 200,000 boys became Flakhelfer. Most were called up at
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Soldiers / Germany / Biography. --- Weltkrieg (1914-1918). --- World War, 1914-1918 / Campaigns / Western Front / Personal narratives, German. --- Hitler, Adolf / 1889-1945. --- Hitler, Adolf, --- Hitler, Adolf. --- Germany / Heer / Bayerisches Reserve-Infanterie-Regiment 16. --- Bayern. --- Geschichte 1914-1918.
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"Notre exercice nocturne d'hier soir était très sympa, car nous avons eu un temps superbe. Dans la douceur du clair de lune le monde paraissait tellement beau et calme, comme si partout ne pouvaient régner que le bonheur et la paix. Et pourtant, quand après l'exercice nous sommes allés dans le bistrot voisin, toute la misère de notre époque apparut concentrée dans une unique pièce. Nous, soldats de l'ennemi vainqueur, nous étions là, installés dans cette salle où une femme brisée, le regard perdu dans l'âtre, attendait avec son fils âgé de dix ans le retour du mari. En vain. Il était mort au combat" (13 décembre 1940). Voici, quelques mois après l'armistice de Compiègne, les impressions d'un officier de cavalerie allemand installé en Normandie. Ses moments d'enthousiasme, de tristesse et de révolte, Karl von Wendt nous les dévoile dans une correspondance de plus de mille lettres écrites de 1924 à 1942, de son adolescence à sa mort. Fondé sur une enquête minutieuse, ce récit est un témoignage exceptionnel sur les événements et l'esprit du temps, aussi précis qu'un journal de bord et bien plus vivant, plus spontané, plus cru même que ne l'auraient été des mémoires. Cet ouvrage, qui nous entraîne à travers les pages les plus sombres de l'histoire européenne, est aussi une histoire de fidélités inébranlables : fidélité dans l'amitié, dans l'amour, et enfin à Dieu.
Soldiers --- Catholics --- World War, 1939-1945 --- Campaigns --- Guerre mondiale (1939-1945) --- Campagnes et batailles --- Aspect religieux --- Église catholique. --- Wendt, Karl von --- Église catholique --- Soldiers - Germany - Biography. --- Catholics - Germany - Biography. --- World War, 1939-1945 - Campaigns - Western Front. --- World War, 1939-1945 - Campaigns - Eastern Front.
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There are few memoirs available of German Panzer crews that focus on the climactic last 12 months of the war on the Eastern Front, 1944-45. What makes Bruno Friesen's account virtually unique is his family background: his parents came from a German-speaking Mennonite community in Ukraine, and were to all intents and purposes culturally German. To make matters even more complex, in 1924 his parents left the Ukraine for Canada, where Bruno was born. In March 1939 he and his brother Oscar found themselves on a ship bound for Bremerhaven in Germany. He barely spoke German, and had never been to Ge
Canadians -- Germany -- Biography. --- Friesen, Bruno, 1925-. --- Germany. Heer. Panzer-Regiment, 25. --- Soldiers -- Germany -- Biography. --- World War, 1939-1945 -- Campaigns -- Eastern Front. --- World War, 1939-1945 -- Personal narratives, Canadian. --- World War, 1939-1945 -- Personal narratives, German. --- World War, 1939-1945 -- Regimental histories -- Germany. --- World War, 1939-1945 -- Tank warfare. --- World War, 1939-1945 --- Soldiers --- Canadians --- History & Archaeology --- History - General --- European War, 1939-1945 --- Second World War, 1939-1945 --- World War 2, 1939-1945 --- World War II, 1939-1945 --- World War Two, 1939-1945 --- WW II (World War, 1939-1945) --- WWII (World War, 1939-1945) --- History, Modern --- Ethnology --- Armed Forces personnel --- Members of the Armed Forces --- Military personnel --- Military service members --- Service members --- Servicemen, Military --- Armed Forces --- Regimental histories --- Tank warfare --- Campaigns --- Friesen, Bruno, --- Germany.
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