Book about german soldiers in vietnam

What are some good books of world war 2 from a german. Readers weighed in on the best books about the vietnam war. The memoirs of a german soldier on the eastern front by gunter k. In the fiction section, you will find the best books on vietnam war, other vietnam bestseller novels as well as novels set in vietnam. Historys 10 deadliest soldiers with badass skills listamaze. British soldier who fought as a mercenary in vietnam. Andrew sharples top 10 war memoirs books the guardian. At an air force survival school before leaving the states i heard an instructor tell about pows in a german camp in world war ii communicating between buildings by tapping on a common water pipe. Lauri allan torni 28 may 1919 18 october 1965, later known as larry alan thorne, was a finnish soldier who fought under three flags. I remember reading that the french hired a battalion of former german ss soldiers to fight in vietnam in the early 1950s. German soldiers recruited into french foreign legion, to.

A fascinating look at the daytoday life of german soldiers, this is a book not about war but about men. Teenage sisters who would seduced german soldiers then shoot them. Galloway the random house publishing group, 1992 steve heiser u. Small groups of haggard german soldiers came instead. Plaster served three oneyear tours with macvsog, and his book sog. Books for soldiers december 31, 2019 a detachment of 100 marines are reinforcing the u. Did the nazis really fight for france in indochina. This book may be about war, but it is, like most of these books, mostly about people. That changed when john steinbeck iv, a vietnam soldier and son of the nobelprize winning author, wrote an article for washingtonian magazine in. Koschorrek in the series of articles, great ww2 books, we shall suggest some books. It deals with the my lai massacre and the infamous tiger cages. But then as part of the post ww2 reparations, russia, france and england all received unpaid labor by pows. When my book about the war, we were soldiers onceand young, came out in 1992, vince cantu was driving a city bus in houston.

But many others were poor or workingclass teenagers who enlisted or were drafted into the military right out of high school. Hunts a vietnam war reader is a very different text to onans. Often compared to joseph conrad and ernest hemingway, and largely considered one of the best vietnam novels, stone focuses on two characters, one of whom is a sailor traveling home from vietnam. This us soldier found alive in vietnam 44 years after being left behind filmmaker says john robertson, now 76, can no longer speak english, remember his.

Babcock, a teacher of writing, is working on a book about contemporary vietnam. Cracker the best dog in vietnam book trailer scholastic. Broken down, 812,160,000 seconds of commitment fell between those dates. Well, this vietnam war veteran had his share nonjudicial punishments authorized by article 15 of ucmj, racked up 115 confirmed kills and was awarded the medal of honor. A life of field marshall erwin rommel by david fraser. It will be vitally important for anyone interested in world war ii, german history, or the experiences of common soldiers throughout the world. Feb 18, 2015 an alabama marine talks about his chilling real life sniper stories from the vietnam war.

The story line was advanced on october 14, when defense attorneys for david mitchell. The first indochina war 194654 was a struggle between the viet minh and the french for control of the country. Perhaps more targeted at the scholarly minded, this book collects official documents and private letters from a sea of sources. Apr 03, 2014 the soldiers stand in front of a group of civilians on the sidewalk, looking upward. The incredible story of a british soldier who was trained as an assassin by the french foreign legion before fighting as a mercenary in the vietnam war has been told for the first time in a new book. May 15, 2017 in an excerpt from the book under the cover of light, col.

Obviously the majority went back to a completely hetero lifestyle after the war. French losses in vietnam were about 90,000 men, with 20,000 of these being french soldiers french nationals. A young soldier named rick hanski and a german shepherd he trained for the military share the spotlight as they recount their adventures from training camp to active duty in the jungles of vietnam. The book is basically about hans joef wagemuller and describes what he and his german friends got up to while serving in vietnam. Downs, who served as an army lieutenant in vietnam, wrote three memoirs. Far fewer, however, would claim to have served an apprenticeship in rock n roll music by serving with a military police unit in vietnam.

Out of approximately 70,000 troops engaged in indochina, it is estimated that 20,000 to 30,000 were of german origins and possibly 70% of foreign legion troops engaged in indochina were german speakers. A lucky few soldiers actually did find a way to apply what theyd learned in military service to the civilian job market. Some accounts i have read is that there were probably only 60 or 70 former ss troops in vietnam and that some 37000 troops comprised of german regulars were fighting in vietnam with the legion. In autumn 1941, a german uboat commander and his crew set out on. The book is presented by the author as nonfiction but considered to be untrue by military historians, and. American soldiers in vietnam had many obstacles and black american soldiers in vietnam had even more. Photos show brutal acts carried out by soldiers mail online.

My vietnam 32,672,800 seconds american official involvement with vietnam began in august 1950 and ended in may 1975. Vietnams forgotten army is a powerful account of irony, coincidence and history as it traces the path of south vietnams army of the republic of vietnam arvn from beginning to end. Carried by soldier, later given to soldier s decedent by his grandmother when 8yearsold but it remarkably survived. The german army had its ups and downs during world war ii, winning a series of dramatic early victories and then suffering a parade of catastrophic. They operated for for about 3 years and virtually shut down travel on what would become the ho chi minh trail. Amoung them were 30,000 former german soldiers some of these recruited directly from prisonerofwar camps. The following excerpt from the phoenix program, by douglas valentine, is from chapter 24. Devils guard, by george robert elford published in 1971, is the story of a former german waffenss officers string of nearconstant combat that begins on world war iis eastern front and continues into the books focusthe first indochina war, as an officer in the french foreign legion. Alabama marine talks about the act of killing during war.

Dec, 2017 in this post, you will find a list of the best vietnam books to read in 2020. This is one of the vietnam war books that covers the basics in great detail, like the fact that black soldiers made up nearly onequarter of the fatalities in the first few years of the war, and the discrimination they faced in decorations. German officers and soldiers, the leaflets read, if you obey the instructions of the red army commander you shall be well treated, you will receive food and medical care due to prisoners of war, according to the articles of the geneva convention. Devils guard, by george robert elford published in 1971, is the story of a former german waffenss officers string of nearconstant combat that begins on world war iis eastern front and continues into the book s focusthe first indochina war, as an officer in the french foreign legion.

Appears to be the ymca triangle on cover so may have been distributed by them to deployingdeployed troops. Its going to feel weird reading a book about a german general in wwii but for rommel we must make an exception. To see what your friends thought of this book, please sign up. The vietnam conflict and the soldiers of fortune who became. That hospital was also an american pow camp for captured german soldiers. Paper wars drawn from letters, diaries and memoirs, this impressive study presents a rounded, detailed picture of the daily life of the landser. This is the naziapologia war novel that apparently. Lieutenant colonel tran ngoc hue served from 1963 until 1970, when he was captured. Oct 17, 2007 german ss soldiers in vietnam i have read and heard of account of former ss and german soldiers fighting in the french foreign legion in indochina. The killing zone, his first, is one of the best of the.

Though veteranwriters like norman mailer and james jones. Norden did not repeat the vietnam legion allegations in his book so werden kriege. Counting us forces alone, there were over 300,000 wounded in vietnam. The german war graves commission reburied his body on 12 november 2014 at the military cemetery in brno with 41 other soldiers. Mcgee fought in world war ii, in korea and in vietnam. I meet some of them as child in the early 70s in africa, one j. This slim volume draws on letters purportedly written by soldiers of germanys sixth army from stalingrad shortly before their surrender in 1943. Embassy in baghdad, iraq, after iraq protesters supportive of an iranbacked shiite militia attempted to storm the compound. If double forced labour wasnt bad enough, during their time as pows soviet soldiers were among the worst treated in ww2. The author in it says the rapists came not only from the east but west.

Forgotten german veterans of frances vietnam war yahoo. My 32,672,800 seconds began in midaugust 1968 and ended in late august 1969. Us soldiers, communist leaders, saigon loyalists, vietnamese peasants and even nixon himself. Germans in the first indochina war seacom southeast asia. Not that i have heard of, there was us ww2 vetrans, but there were plenty of former axis and german troops fighting in vietnam in the french foreign legion including at diem bien phu. They raped every german female from eight to 80 books.

Finally, bidermann depicts 3 12 years of combat on the eastern front in a concise, entertaining and easily read book. The german girl is hannah rosenthal, the blonde, blueeyed, 11yearold daughter of a wealthy and prominent jewish family in berlin. As americas commitment to vietnam escalated, the military decided to equip all troops fighting in vietnam with the rifle. He was also one of the most decorated soldier in american international combat, even eclipsing both alvin york and audie murphy. Winner of the 1974 national book award for fiction, dog soldiers is a story of the vietnam war and of drug smuggling. The green beret, a member of the 10th special forces group airborne, reported. Dont miss these 100 must read world war ii books, including fiction, ya. Their story is being told in a new book by sophie poldermans called seducing and.

I have broken down the best books about vietnam into helpful sections. The remains were found behind a church wall in vrbovec. A book of fear, flight and almost divine retribution. Our soldiers behaviour towards germans, particularly german women, is absolutely correct. Fritz does an impressive job of detailing what war was like for the average german soldier on the front lines in world war ii. The author of a new book outlines a number of factors that could explain why such atrocities took place from the way in which soldiers are indoctrinated, to. Ia drang the battle that changed the war in vietnam. Shocking pictures have been revealed in a new book.

His work both as a soldier and author is incredible. The viet minh, led by ho chi minh, seized the opportunity to declare vietnamese independence on september 2nd 1945. Its not your usual runofthemill war story because its told from two points of view. Little known story of exgerman soldiers in vietnam.

What complicates this is that after ww2 ended, almost all german soldiers wehrmacht or ss spent years afterwards in pow camps. Perhaps let a thirtyyear marine master gunnery sergeant share his story of three combat tours in vietnam. The forgotten soldier was first published in 1965, and concerns events that happened over 20 years previously, when the author was a teenager living in france who was drafted into the german army. This us soldier found alive in vietnam 44 years after. May 22, 2017 the author of a new book outlines a number of factors that could explain why such atrocities took place from the way in which soldiers are indoctrinated, to the living conditions they endure and. Zapotoczny jr has published a book on war crimes trying to identify what makes soldiers commit acts of evil like this image of a german woman who. Its worth noting here that george robert elford wrote a book called devils guard. From german waffen ss to american green beret historynet. Czech partisans and us soldiers round up german soldiers and. In russias case, they kept some german pows as long as 1956 12 years of captivity for many of them. We run after the lead soldier at the double and stop only briefly each time a large shell lands nearby. Bruce hendersons sons and soldiers artfully evokes the drama of the persecution and flight and later, their brave return as soldiers of germanborn jewish sons to america, where they found a new home and a divine purpose. This is the naziapologia war novel that apparently inspired seal. This is the naziapologia war novel that apparently inspired seal team 6 combat tactics.

An alabama marine talks about his chilling real life sniper stories from the vietnam war. There are many out there who dont believe that the book is based on fact, i on the other hand believe a lot of it is true, and that it has been padded out a little to make it a good read, but some of the. Most decorated soldier of vietnam war was also a troublemaker. Of course, any combat tour must be incredibly sickening, but the realization soldiers of the red army and german army lasted so long boggles the mind. Adrian gilbert examines the dark world war ii history of nazi germanys waffenss aka the alibi of the nation. Feb 16, 2020 i recall the author harold robbins who served on a submarine writing that on patrols they would help each other out. In this post, you will find a list of the best vietnam books to read in 2020. Three teenage girls living in the netherlands during world war ii spent their evenings talking to german soldiers, extracting information from them and then luring them into the woods where they would shoot them. The second world war forever enshrined those who lived through it as the greatest generation. The secret code that american soldiers used to survive. Best book i have ever read about the war was a higher call. The rest were recruited into the french foreign leigion from other parts of europe and the french union. The book follows a nazi ss officer named hans josef wagemueller who.

Ww1 new testament, kjv, american bible society, 1918. Now, when i reread it, i like how it shows the feel of soldiering, and the questions it raises about what is worthwhile to stop a war. According to statistics compiled by the australian ministry of defence australia had men in vietnam for almost the entire conflict, 11% of all deaths and 15% of all wounds in vietnam were due to booby traps this is for all allied troops, including us armed forces. With the expiration of selective service induction authority on june 30, 1973, the establishment of a new, allvolunteer army was under way. Dec 10, 2014 scenarios in this colorful 1999 volume by paul b. The book is basically about hans joef wagemuller and describes what he and his. Feel the emotions of a young marine as he explains what it was like to be a participant in the battle for guadalcanal. The vietnam conflict and the soldiers of fortune who.

On 10 april 20, knispels remains were confirmed by czech authorities along with 15 other german soldiers. On the way there the russians lob more heavy shells into the area. The 10 best novels about world war ii the german girl by armando lucas correaa deeply affecting novel of the holocaust. In the 1968 john wayne film inspired by the book, one scene closely. His bosses read the papers and discovered they had a real hero. For example, when the food available for use in camps became incredibly scarce, colonel eduard wagner issued an order to let prisoners starve to death soviets again somehow got the worst out of this deal when german officials barred allied soldiers from sharing their. On august 25, 1970, an article appeared in the new york times hinting that the cia, through phoenix, was responsible for my lai. The memoir has since become the subject of much criticism by historians who question much of the historical detail, especially with regards to troop.

Devils guard, by george robert elford published in 1971, is the story of a former german waffenss officers string of nearconstant combat that begins on world war iis eastern front and continues into the books focusthe first indochina. Were there any german soldiers fighting for america in the. It followed the defeat of japan in 1945 and the power struggle following their withdrawal from vietnam. I have read and heard of account of former ss and german soldiers fighting in the french foreign legion in indochina. The day i was saved by a german medic memories of mike timko f co, 10th infantry regiment, 5th infantry division on december 2, 1944, mike timko was leading his squad near the german border. The ultimate 2020 list of best vietnam books to read. Cracker the best dog in vietnam book by cynthia kadohata. An incredible true story of combat and chivalry in the wartorn skies of world war ii if i could only own one book about the war it would be that one. The book opens with the violent breakup of imperial china, then moves on to the japanese invasion and occupation, before the communists take over at the end of the second world war.