'The Forgotten Soldier' by Guy Sajer

[Geek44]

Originally Posted by gi-rene

Well I had some good arguments on the book... But the site that contained them is no more....

Supportive or debunkive?

[gi-rene]

A little of both actually. It was from a GD re-enactment unit back east. And one of their members was a LTCOL in the Army. Put up an interesting and well written argument that goes both ways.

[Hagen]

Originally Posted by gi-rene

A little of both actually. It was from a GD re-enactment unit back east. And one of their members was a LTCOL in the Army. Put up an interesting and well written argument that goes both ways.

I believe the LtCol you're talking about is Doug Nash.


Grossdeutschland for Combat Mission - the first website devoted to Combat Mission: Barbarossa to Berlin

Click on "Grossdeutschland Information" scroll down until you find, "The Forgotten soldier"

[gi-rene]

Thats it! Though the site I was referring to... Deutschesoldaten... was exactly like this...

[Geek44]

Thanks gi-rene. Interesting stuff...I still dunno what I think except to say that I enjoyed the book each time I read it, lent it to a friend and he said it 'changed his life' and will read it again. I still see it on the shelves at the odd book shop. Sometimes I'm tempted to buy a new copy...it has a different cover now of course. I met a guy once who collected copies of Orwell's '1984' with all the different covers. Kinda kooky, but I like it.

[sobel]

I read the book several years ago. It all seemed slightly "Flowery and airy fairy" to me. As a novel, nice, but as a an accurate portrayal of events and his personnal experiences, I have problems with. To me it's a little like Sven Hassel and his 27th Penal battalion (Which I understand never existed) and his novels, great read and enjoyed them tremendously when I read them, unfortunately largely a figment of his imagination, I wait however to be shot down in flames (Got my tin Hat on in anticipation)

regards

Sobel

[McCoy]

You can put yer tin hat away 'cos nobody is gonna flame anyone here without dire conseqences.

[sobel]

Originally Posted by McCoy

You can put yer tin hat away 'cos nobody is gonna flame anyone here without dire conseqences.

OK got my soft hat on now

[McCoy]

See, that's more comfortable ain't it! Now back to the thread.

[Tom Houlihan]

Originally Posted by McCoy

You can put yer tin hat away 'cos nobody is gonna flame anyone here without dire conseqences.

That's right!

He'll get a fair chance to state his case, THEN we'll flame 'im!!




Kidding, of course. Paraphrasing Judge Roy Bean...