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    The Panzer Soldier
    The Panzer Soldier
    The Panzer Soldier
    Audiobook6 hours

    The Panzer Soldier

    Written by Barry Sadler

    Narrated by Gene Engene

    4/5

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    About this audiobook

    It was easy for Casca to go along with some of the basic premise behind the Nazi war machine. These men were soldiers, hard fighting men born of the same militaristic outlook that had sustained him since that fateful day at Calvary. Inevitably the high sounding ideals of the Third Reich revealed hidden horrors. In the background is always The Brotherhood. Discovering this hidden organization, and as the war begins going badly for the Nazis, Casca loses faith in the Fuhrer and other leaders. Finally, Casca has no choice but to visit the bunker in Berlin, a visit perhaps more important to the world than any other act he has ever committed.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherBooks in Motion
    Release dateSep 15, 2002
    ISBN9781581165173
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    • 2/5
      it was ok, too much Germany stuff pass the time though
    • 4/5
      One of the series of books I read when in my late teens / early twenties was the Sven Hassell set written from the perspective of a German penal regiment on the Eastern Front. Although I no longer possess these, memories of those novels were brought back when I read through this story. It also reminded me, very closely, of the Sam Peckinpah film "Cross of Iron" starring Maximilian Schell, James Mason and James Coburn. In fact, so closely did this mirror that film that I'm tempted to suggest a little plagarism by Sadler, but even so, it made a good book. The story picks up in 1943 on the eve of the fateful battle of Kursk when Casca returns to the front after a period of leave. The battle of course ends in defeat and a fair amount of the first 2/3rds of the book deals with the retreat and the struggle Casca's little band of men have in surviving and making it back to their own lines. Its very well written and compelling reading. What catches the reader though is the sudden sea change in the last third. Suddenly we're out of the fighting and propelled into Germany where Casca turns on the SS and hard-core Nazis when he finally recognises the horrors that are being forced on the Jews and other groups of non-Aryans. Its as though Sadler, having put Casca on what may be regarded as the morally 'wrong' side, purges the guilt by having him turn on the Nazis. Of course, its all a big conspiracy by the Brotherhood of the Lamb and the last part of the story, set in Berlin as the Russians close in, is a harrowing sequences of Hitler losing his grip on reality and Casca's existence amongst the rubble of the German capital. Excellent scene setting and the final pages unforgettable. One of the best Sadler written Cascas but because of the plagarism I'm docking it one star in my review.