(Ebook) Stormtrooper on the Eastern Fronts: Fighting with Hitler's Latvian SS by Mintauts Blosfelds ISBN 9781526760753, 1526760754

(Ebook) Stormtrooper on the Eastern Fronts: Fighting with Hitler's Latvian SS by Mintauts Blosfelds ISBN 9781526760753, 1526760754

Following the conquest of his native Latvia by the Nazis, the author was given the stark choice: service in the SS or forced labor in a slave camp. So he 'volunteered' to fight for the Nazis. He describes his training and how he became an instructor before being sent into Russia. He nearly perished during the terrible winter of 1943-44 being wounded and finding himself with his friend lying dead on top of him. As the tide turned and the Russians advanced remorselessly through. He was wounded twice more and awarded the Iron Cross for bravery. With German resistance collapsing, the author had to flee for his life - capture by the Russians meant almost certain death. He surrendered to the Americans but describes the neglect he suffered at their hands. Unable to return to Latvia now occupied by the Russians, he became a Displaced Person eventually settling in the UK. =