Albrecht Wacker
Autor/a de Sniper on the Eastern Front
Obres de Albrecht Wacker
Etiquetat
Coneixement comú
- Gènere
- male
Membres
Ressenyes
Llistes
Holding the Zero (2)
Potser també t'agrada
Estadístiques
- Obres
- 7
- Membres
- 188
- Popularitat
- #115,783
- Valoració
- 3.8
- Ressenyes
- 6
- ISBN
- 17
- Llengües
- 5
The god-awful war between Nazi Germany and Soviet Russia has fascinated me since childhood. There was no clear, unequivocal ‘good’ side to be on, despite Russia becoming allied with the Western Allies after Hitler double-crossed them. They had started out as dubious allies dividing Eastern Europe between them and perpetrating the worst crimes on the people in their areas of control. If, by accident of birth, you found yourself embroiled in that titanic struggle, you likely would be outraged by the harsh actions of the other side and excuse or minimalize those of your own. We see this in our own conflicts, when the atrocities of ‘our boys’ are swept under the rug, while those of the enemy are prosecuted with vigor.
… (més)