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PREFACE
INTRODUCTION
PROLOGUE
April–May 1945
LAST ORDERS: APRIL 16–18, 1945
A DESPERATE JOURNEY: April 18–May 8, 1945
Chapter 1
A VILLAGE UPBRINGING
FAMILY HERITAGE
WORKING THE FARM
CHURCH AND SCHOOL
GROWING UP
Chapter 2
UNDER THE NAZI DICTATORSHIP
1928–1936
THE GREAT DEPRESSION: 1928–1932
HITLER IN POWER: 1933–1935
NAZI RULE
Chapter 3
PRELUDE TO WAR 1936–1939
LEARNING A TRADE: January–August 1938
ROMANCE IN THE LAST MONTHS OF PEACE
September 1938–August 1939
Chapter 4
TRAINING FOR COMBAT
August 1939–May 1940
TRAINING IN LÜNEBURG
September 4, 1939–January 9, 1940
ORGANIZING FOR BATTLE
January 9, 1940–May 9, 1940
Chapter 5
WAR IN THE WEST
May 1940–April 1941
CAMPAIGNING IN FRANCE
June 11–June 25, 1940
OCCUPATION DUTY IN BELGIUM
July 4, 1940–April 24, 1941
Chapter 6
BLITZKRIEG INTO RUSSIA
April–July 1941
PRELUDE TO INVASION
April 24–June 22, 1941
MARCH TO THE EAST: June 22–July 5, 1941
ENCOUNTERING THE ENEMY: July 6–July 21
THE EXPERIENCE OF SOLDIERING
Chapter 7
TO THE GATES OF LENINGRAD
July–September 1941
FORWARD OBSERVER
CROSSING THE PLYUSSA: July 21–August 17, 1941
VICTORY IN REACH
August 18–mid-September, 1941
Chapter 8
WINTER AT URITSK
September 1941–March 1942
SETTLING INTO THE SIEGE
September–November 1941
TRENCH WARFARE: November–March 1942
BEHIND THE FRONT
Chapter 9
COUNTERATTACK AT THE VOLKHOV
March–August 1942
BATTLING IN A SWAMP: April–June 1942
THE ORANIENBAUM POCKET
July 1–August 11, 1942
FIRST LEAVE FROM RUSSIA
August 11–August 30, 1942
Chapter 10
THE DEMYANSK CORRIDOR
September 1942–March 1943
NOVGOROD: September–November 1942
DEMYANSK: November 1942–February 1943
NOVGOROD: March 1943
LEADERSHIP AND TACTICS
Chapter 11
HOLDING THE LINE AT LADOGA
March–September 1943
KRASNY BOR
Late March–April 24, 1943
SECOND LEAVE FROM RUSSIA: April 24–May 15, 1943
KRASNY BOR: May 15–July 24, 1943
AT THE NEVA: July 24–September 4, 1943
Chapter 12
OFFICER CANDIDATE
September–December 1943
ORANIENBAUM TO NEVEL
Early September–October 31, 1943
PARTISANS
RETURN TO GERMANY
October 31–December 7, 1943
Chapter 13
KRIEGSCHULE
December 1943–May 1944
ENGAGEMENT TO ANNELIESE AND FURTHER TRAINING
March 17–May 13, 1944
Chapter 14
RETURN TO THE FRONT
May–October 1944
THE DÜNA: mid-July–August 7, 1944
BACK TOWARD RIGA: August 7–October 5, 1944
Chapter 15
RETREAT INTO THE REICH
October 1944–January 1945
“FORTRESS MEMEL”
October 5, 1944–late January, 1945
THE CHALLENGE OF LEADERSHIP
ANNELIESE
EVOLVING VIEWS ON THE WAR
Chapter 16
CATASTROPHE
January–May 1945
SAMLAND: Late January–April 13, 1945
FISCHHAUSEN: April 13–16, 1945
Chapter 17
THE PRICE OF DEFEAT
May–July 1945
PRISONER OF WAR
FOREIGN OCCUPATION
Chapter 18
POST-WAR GERMANY
1945–1949
REBUILDING OUR LIVES
July 27–December 24, 1945
STRUGGLING TO SURVIVE
December 1945–August 1949
Chapter 19
A NEW LIFE ABROAD
1949–Present
LEAVING OUR HOMELAND
CANADA: August 1951–July 1956
ESCAPING EAST GERMANY
THE UNITED STATES: July 1956–December 1982
RETIREMENT: January 1983–Present
EPILOGUE
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
APPENDICES
APPENDIX A
GERMAN INFANTRY REGIMENT IN WORLD WAR II (Organization and Equipment) 1940
APPENDIX B
REFERENCE OF PLACE NAMES
APPENDIX C
TABLE OF EQUIVALENT RANKS
ENDNOTE
PHOTOGRAPHS
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