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Paul Martelli Vittorino dal Cengio On the Devil's Tail (Paperback)
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- Condition
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- Book Title
- On the Devil's Tail : In Combat with the Waffen-SS on the Eastern Front 1945, and with the French in Indochina 1951-54
- Publication Name
- On the Devil's Tail
- Title
- On the Devil's Tail
- Subtitle
- In Combat with the Waffen-Ss on the Eastern Front 1945, and with
- Format
- Trade Paperback
- ISBN-10
- 1912174782
- EAN
- 9781912174782
- ISBN
- 9781912174782
- Publisher
- Helion & Company, The Limited
- Genre
- Biography & Autobiography, History
- Topic
- Military / World War II, Military / Wars & Conflicts (Other), Modern / General, Military
- Release Date
- 15/08/2018
- Release Year
- 2018
- Language
- English
- Country/Region of Manufacture
- GB
- Item Height
- 234mm
- Item Length
- 9in
- Publication Year
- 2018
- Item Width
- 6in
- Number of Pages
- 328 Pages
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This is the riveting true story of Paul Martelli, a fifteen-year-old German-Italian, who fought in Pomerania, on the Eastern Front, in 1945 as a member of the 33. Waffen-Grenadier-Division der SS "Charlemagne" and, later, as a soldier with French forces during three years (1951-1954) in the Tonkin area, Vietnam. Paul recounts his time at the Sennheim military training base, where he was introduced to the rigorous discipline of body and mind: he then goes back to 1940, during the German invasion of France, when he was still a boy in Lorraine, hinting at his motivations for enlisting with the Waffen SS. He reveals his and many young soldiers' exciting and often humorous escapades at Greifenberg, his first love with a German girl helping refugees, his experiences and feelings during the combats at Körlin, during the strenuous defense of Kolberg, while regrouping at Neustrelitz and at the German defeat. With a companion he ends up at a castle delivering a group of women camp prisoners to a Russian officer, living in disguise among enemy soldiers until he escapes and surrender to the Americans. After his sentence, imprisonment, evasions and military service in Morocco, Paul is sent to fight in defense of bases north of Hanoi, Vietnam. He survives three years of fierce combats, assaults, ambushes, night patrols, fatal traps and mortal risks but, deep down, he compares his service with the Waffen SS during the last year of war with the inefficiency of the French Expeditionary Force in the Far East and comes out deeply frustrated. At almost 26, he has fought and lost in two wars, both against the communists, be they Soviet or Viet-Minh. Unemployed, and with the ideals of a 'Nouvelle Europe' in pieces, he briefly joins the French Foreign Legion, his last hope, but in the end choses another path. This is a unique memoir, packed with incident and recounting the story of one individual caught up in a series of life-changing events.
Product Identifiers
Publisher
Helion & Company, The Limited
ISBN-10
1912174782
ISBN-13
9781912174782
eBay Product ID (ePID)
239887144
Product Key Features
Book Title
On the Devil's Tail : In Combat with the Waffen-SS on the Eastern Front 1945, and with the French in Indochina 1951-54
Format
Trade Paperback
Language
English
Topic
Military / World War II, Military / Wars & Conflicts (Other), Modern / General, Military
Publication Year
2018
Genre
Biography & Autobiography, History
Number of Pages
328 Pages
Dimensions
Item Length
9in
Item Width
6in
Additional Product Features
As Told to
Dal Cengio, Vittorino
Lc Classification Number
U765
Copyright Date
2018
Target Audience
Trade
Dewey Decimal
940.548243092
Dewey Edition
23
Illustrated
Yes
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