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To: P.O.E.
Thanks - looks like a similarly scholarly work.

You're welcome. It is, I've read it twice. My edition is 844 pages which includes the sections of notes, bibliography and indexes.
If you haven't already checked it out;
The author was 18 and in the Wehrmacht in 1944 until he surrendered in France. Apparently he enlisted in the Army to avoid being drafted by the SS. His father was anti-Hitler, "one does not volunteer for Hitler's criminal war". After university he worked for the American-run Berlin radio station RIAS (Radio in the American Sector) from 1954 to 1961. The guy lived through the war and it's immediate aftermath.
It's an historical work without excuses or screaming condemnations, but he doesn't go easy on any of the players either. It's easy to digest. You don't need to be some kind of scholar to get into it.

50 posted on 09/05/2023 6:00:51 PM PDT by Bounced2X (Boomer - I survived childhood with no bike helmet.)
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To: Bounced2X

Took me a while to find a decent hardcover at a decent price, but I think I found one. Not sure the wife is going to like me sitting in the chair reading for hours on end again, but so be it :)


53 posted on 09/05/2023 6:11:57 PM PDT by P.O.E. (Pray for America.)
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