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We Will Not Go to Tuapse

From the Donets to the Oder with the Legion Wallonie and 5th SS Volunteer Assault Brigade ‘Wallonien’ 1942-45

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We Will Not Go to Tuapse

By: Fernand Kaisergruber
Narrated by: Paul Woodson
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Summary

Until recent years, very little was known of the tens of thousands of foreign nationals from Norway, Denmark, Holland, Belgium, France, and Spain who served voluntarily in the military formations of the German army and the German Waffen-SS. In Kaisergruber's book, the listener discovers important issues of collaboration, the apparent contributions of the volunteers to the German war effort, their varied experiences, their motives, the attitude of the German High Command and bureaucracy, and the reaction to these in the occupied countries. 

The combat experiences of the Walloons echoed those of the very best volunteer units of the Waffen-SS, although they shared equally in the collapse of the Third Reich in May 1945. Although unapologetic for his service, Kaisergruber makes no special claims for the German cause and writes not from any postwar apologia and dogma but instead from his firsthand observations as a young man experiencing war for the first time, extending far beyond what had been imaginable at the time. His observations of fellow soldiers, commanders, Russian civilians, and the battlefields prove poignant and telling.

©2016 Fernand Kaisergruber (P)2018 Tantor Military Military & War World World War II War Belgium
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well worth a read into the everyday of an ss volunteer. It's not about battles etc it's about life during those times. the last chapter are very interesting when the guy was imprisoned after the war for being a member of the ss. It's a MUST READ.

excellent

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Not nearly as good as I had hoped. Not enough action, the author concentrates on the day to day living more than I would like.

Fair!!

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I wish there was more like this. he never gave up and despite the hostilities towards him for just being a young man wanting to be apart of something was heroic. I do now want to know about his brother and the story of the artillary man that helped him. 10/10

excellent first hand account

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I found his account of life and survival on the eastern front a harrowing battle for survival but he never once mentions remorse, he complains of his treatment as a prisoner after the war but never compares it to the tens of thousands of people that were murdered for similar or more trivial offences for the country he chose to fight for. He betrayed his country and his people.

An arrogant, unapologetic traitor

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Almost as brilliant as the Leon Degrelle book on the Eastern Front. Nothing but respect for the Waffen SS and particularly the many 'foreigners' in their ranks. Why the Allies decided to join Stalins Russia, God only knows. I thoroughly enjoyed this book and admire the author immensely. If only......

Compelling

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