Soldaten
By: by Sönke Neitzel and Harald Welzer ; translated from the German by Jefferson Chase
Contributors: Welzer, Harald
Publisher: Alfred A. Knopf
Published: 2012
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 437
ISBN-13: 9780307958129
Subjects: British Prisoners and prisons; Prisoners of war; Germany; World War, 1939-1945; Anecdotes; Sources; Attitudes; Eavesdropping; Soldiers; History; Military intelligence; Armed Forces
Description: Though initially recorded by British intelligence with the intention of gaining information that might be useful for the Allied war effort, the matters discussed in these conversations ultimately proved to be limited in that regard. But they would supply a unique and profoundly important window into the mentality of the soldiers in the Wehrmacht, the Luftwaffe, the German navy, and the military in general, almost all of whom had insisted on their own honorable behavior during the war. It is a myth these transcripts unequivocally debunk.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references.

Translation of: Soldaten: Protokolle vom Kämpfen, Töten und Sterben. Frankfurt am Main : Fischer Verlag, 2011.