[Peter Libra]

Your post very revealing of the tragedy of men being sent to destroy each other. I remember a statement being made that the way to end wars was to let those who declare them- fight in them. Amazon Books reprinted this 1957 book in 2007

The Forsaken Army.
Heinrich Gerlach.

The author spent five years in a Russian Prison of War camp. The Soviets held them for two years after the war ended. Used as labour. Gerlach hammers away at Hitler, whom the German soldiers at Stalingrad despised.

Hitler did not give a damn about their plight. (It was said).

[GOPJ]

The Forsaken Army. Heinrich Gerlach.

I'll check it out - interesting idea. Maybe there's a way to make war more painful for those who cause it rather than just for the innocents who fight it...