Two Soldiers, Two Lost Fronts

Two war diaries that reveal “ just what it was like, day by day, living in a Wehrmacht unit” ( Internet Modeler ). This book is built around two recently discovered war diaries—one by a member of the 23rd Panzer Division, which served under Manstein in Russia, and the other by a member of Rommel’s Afrika Korps. Together, along with detailed timelines and brief overviews, they comprise a fascinating up-close look at the German side of World War II. The stories are told primarily in the first pers