In memoriam: A special reading of a soldier’s story

In honour of Remembrance Day, also called Veterans’ Day and Armistice Day, here is an excerpt, part of a World War II soldier’s account of the reality of being a prisoner of the nazis.

In the 99th episode of the first English-language podcast that focuses on the full story of the Eastern Front of World War 2, Stalin’s top Marshals, Georgy Zhukov and Ivan Konev, race to be the first to raise the Red Banner over the Reichstag. Who will get there first?MapsMap 1: The Red Army’s Vistula to Oder operation Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
  1. Surrounding Berlin: Episode 99
  2. The Great Race Begins
  3. Spring Awakening and Upper Silesia: Episode 97
  4. Silesia, Part 1—Episode 96
  5. The Impossible Alliance, Part 2: Episode 95

This excerpt came from Army of Worn Soles: Volume 1 of the Eastern Front Trilogy, the true story of a Canadian drafted into the Soviet Red Army, 1941–1945.

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