D DAY Through German Eyes: The Hidden Story of June 6th 1944 (Unabridged) - Holger Eckhertz
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This is the hidden side of D-Day which has fascinated readers/listeners around the world.
Almost all accounts of D-Day are told from the Allied perspective, with the emphasis on how German resistance was overcome on June 6, 1944. But what was it like to be a German soldier in the bunkers and gun emplacements of the Normandy coast, facing the onslaught of the mightiest seaborne invasion in history? What motivated the German defenders, what were their thought processes - and how did they fight from one strong point to another, among the dunes and fields, on that first cataclysmic day? What were their experiences on facing the tanks, the flamethrowers and the devastating air superiority of the Allies?
This book sheds fascinating light on these questions, bringing together statements made by German survivors after the war, when time had allowed them to reflect on their state of mind, their actions and their choices of June 6. We see a perspective of D-Day which deserves to be added to the historical record, in which ordinary German troops struggled to make sense of the onslaught that was facing them, and emerged stunned at the weaponry and sheer determination of the Allied soldiers. We see, too, how the Germans fought in the great coastal bunkers, perceived as impregnable fortresses, but in reality often becoming tombs for their crews. Above all, we now have the unheard human voices of the individual German soldiers - the men who are so often portrayed as a faceless mass.
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This post has 3 comments with rating of 4/5
May 9th, 2018
Is this REALLY non-fiction? The survivors give endless vivid and graphic details of dying, mutilation, sometimes brutality (on both sides). Can one REALLY recall such intricate detail from a cataclysmic event 10 years later? I could not find any reference to Holger or Dieter Eckhertz in the internet other than these 2 books, also not in German. So I doubt their veracity, but they make fascinating reading and present interesting non-mainstream views of the D-Day Invasion.
May 22nd, 2018
After listening to the book, I think they are quite realistic and most likely true (as best as the veterans wanted to recall in ‘54 when the interviews were apparently done). I didn’t hear any ridiculous heroics that sounded faked. Many stories were had similar elements. “We kept firing as the enemy approached and shells went off near our bunker. Then there was an explosion inside the bunker, fire, and guys lay dying beside me. I was luckier, and I scrambled out of the back door and ran for it.” All very realistic for guys in bunkers facing an onslaught!
July 1st, 2018
Thanks very much
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