Frontsoldaten

"Fritz does an impressive job of detailing what war was like for the average German soldier on the front lines in World War II."

~Paper Wars

"Drawn from letters, diaries and memoirs, this impressive study presents a rounded, detailed picture of the daily life of the Landser—the ordinary German infantryman of WWII—and takes an unblinking look at the stark realities of combat.... Helps explain why the German army was so relentlessly efficient in battle."

~Publishers Weekly

"A moving account of personal observations combined with a thoughtful commentary in which the author provides numerous insights into the combat environment."

~American Historical Review

"So readable as to be difficult to put down.... Should prove enlightening to students of German as well as military history."

~Virginia Quarterly Review

In Frontsoldaten, Stephen Fritz has chosen to tackle the tendentious and complicated issue of the "everyday life" of German Wehrmacht soldiers during the Second World War. In so doing, Fritz has not only given us a powerful account of the misery and anxiety experienced by the common Landser, especially on the Eastern Front, but he has also made a significant contribution to our understanding of the ideological roots of the German soldiers' resiliency in defense of the National Socialist state.

~H-War