Publishers’ Note
Prologue
PART I
TRAINING
1
August 1941–June 1942: Call-up and training
PART II
FROM RAW RECRUIT TO OLD HAND
2
July–September 1942: First actions
3
October 1942–January 1943: Training courses and promotion
4
Spring/Summer 1943: Platoon commander in Silesia, trench warfare at Nemers
5
Summer/Autumn 1943: Trench construction and positional warfare
6
Autumn/Winter 1943: Company commander, the Russian offensive, wounds
PART III
THE TIDE TURNS
7
January–July 1944: Officers’ course, Operation Bagration – the Russian summer offensive
8
Summer 1944: Bitter defensive battles
9
Autumn/Winter 1944: The Narev bridgehead, a training course and special leave for bravery
10
January 1945: The Russian Vistula Offensive
11
February/March 1945: The last days
PART IV
CAPTIVITY, THEN FREEDOM
12
April 1945–April 1946: Captivity and recovery from wounds
13
April 1946–January 1947: Prisoner of the Russians
14
January-September 1947: Freedom – aged 23 years
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