A German Deserter's War Experience (Classic Reprint)

A German Deserter's War Experience (Classic Reprint)
Author: J. Koettgen
Publisher: Forgotten Books
Total Pages: 200
Release: 2017-11-23
Genre: History
ISBN: 9780331765403

Excerpt from A German Deserter's War Experience The following narrative first appeared in German in the columns of the N em Yorker Volkszeitung, the prin cipal organ of the German speaking Socialists in the United States. Its author, who escaped from Germany and military service after H months of fighting in France, is an intelligent young miner. He does not wish to have his name made public, fearing that those who will be offended by his frankness might vent their wrath on his relatives. Since his arrival in this country his friends and acquaintances have come to know him as an upright and truthful man whose word can be re lied upon. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

A German Deserter's War Experience

A German Deserter's War Experience
Author: JULIUS. KOETTGEN
Publisher: Pen & Sword Military
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2024-05-30
Genre:
ISBN: 9781399024433

In 1913 Julius Koettgen, a pacifist and a socialist, was drafted into the ranks of sapper battalion No. 30. He dutifully fought in the ranks of the Kaisers armies during 1914 and 1915 and saw action in France and Belgium where he describes the terrible events which were to become known as the rape of Belgium and also details the extent of the fighting including being forced to form part of a firing squad, crossing the Meuse under heavy fire, using corpses as road building materials annihilating a cavalry charge hand to hand bayonet fighting, and the awful events of the disastrous German retreat from the Marne. With the onset of trench warfare Koettgen also experienced the horrors of trench warfare and the famous Christmas truce of 1914. In 1915 he decided that enough was enough and escaped military life by deserting the colors and slipping through the lines to neutral Holland. His was memoirs were published by a gleeful allied press under the title A German Deserters War Experience. This English translation, edited and introduced Emmy AwardTM winning historian Bob Carruthers provides a rare primary source insight into the German side during the crucial opening battles of the war and is essential reading for anyone with an interest in the Great War from the German perspective.

On Guerrilla Warfare

On Guerrilla Warfare
Author: Mao Tse-tung
Publisher: Courier Corporation
Total Pages: 130
Release: 2012-03-06
Genre: History
ISBN: 0486119572

The first documented, systematic study of a truly revolutionary subject, this 1937 text remains the definitive guide to guerrilla warfare. It concisely explains unorthodox strategies that transform disadvantages into benefits.

Modern Warfare

Modern Warfare
Author: Roger Trinquier
Publisher: DIANE Publishing
Total Pages: 131
Release: 1964
Genre: France
ISBN: 142891689X

War and Childhood in the Era of the Two World Wars

War and Childhood in the Era of the Two World Wars
Author: Mischa Honeck
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Total Pages: 311
Release: 2019-02-21
Genre: History
ISBN: 1108478530

This innovative book reveals children's experiences and how they became victims and actors during the twentieth century's biggest conflicts.

ALL SOLDIERS RUN AWAY

ALL SOLDIERS RUN AWAY
Author: Andy Owen
Publisher:
Total Pages: 314
Release: 2017-10-02
Genre: History
ISBN: 9781988932019

The story of Alan Juniper who deserted twice from the British Army during the Second World War.

Three Soldiers

Three Soldiers
Author: John Dos Passos
Publisher: Barnes & Noble Publishing
Total Pages: 452
Release: 2004
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 9780760757543

This grimly realistic depiction of army life follows a trio of idealists as they contend with the regimentation, violence, and boredom of military service. Incited past the point of endurance, the soldiers respond with rancor and murderous rage. This powerful exploration of warfare's dehumanizing effects remains chillingly contemporary.

Germans in the Civil War

Germans in the Civil War
Author: Walter D. Kamphoefner
Publisher: Univ of North Carolina Press
Total Pages: 558
Release: 2009-09-15
Genre: History
ISBN: 0807876593

German Americans were one of the largest immigrant groups in the Civil War era, and they comprised nearly 10 percent of all Union troops. Yet little attention has been paid to their daily lives--both on the battlefield and on the home front--during the war. This collection of letters, written by German immigrants to friends and family back home, provides a new angle to our understanding of the Civil War experience and challenges some long-held assumptions about the immigrant experience at this time. Originally published in Germany in 2002, this collection contains more than three hundred letters written by seventy-eight German immigrants--men and women, soldiers and civilians, from the North and South. Their missives tell of battles and boredom, privation and profiteering, motives for enlistment and desertion and for avoiding involvement altogether. Although written by people with a variety of backgrounds, these letters describe the conflict from a distinctly German standpoint, the editors argue, casting doubt on the claim that the Civil War was the great melting pot that eradicated ethnic antagonisms.

Minds at War

Minds at War
Author: David Roberts
Publisher:
Total Pages: 428
Release: 1996
Genre: History
ISBN:

The First World War cast its shadow over the 20th century. The poets were those most gifted to record the personal, moral and spiritual impact of those traumatic years. This anthology contains 250 poems by 80 poets, including photographs & maps.