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19 October 2021
Not your typical book from a War Correspondent. Compelling read and well worth your time.
Written by an Italian war correspondent embedded with German troops from the beginning of the Russian invasion in WWII. While the unit is unnamed it was part of Army Group C. The author was a member of the Alpine troops. Had fought in WWI and was an observer on the White side during the Russian Civil War. He was fluent in German and Russian and apparently was familiar with Romanian.
The book is almost like a travel log as he describes the terrain, sky, flora and fauna, people, political situation an overall impressions of battlefields as he passes through them.
He was sent back to Italy in 1942 and placed under house arrest for 4 months as his dispatches were viewed as pro Russian. Coming back to the front in 1943 he describes events from Finnish positions opposite Leningrad..
09 June 2021
worthwhile watch
Somewhat melodramatic as many Russian movies are, but still a moving story of just one of the 6 million or so Russian soldiers who never returned from the Great Patriotic War. For uniform buffs, the uniforms were excellent except the M-43 was not worn in the early part of the war. Well done in black and white.
30 September 2020
Nice non-firing reproduction for the money.
Original C96 Mausers cost well over 2K and even Chinese copies are around 1K+. So, while this reproduction will not fool anyone it is close enough that it can be used as part of my living history presentation. So in my opinion it is well worth the money and I highly recommend it to anyone who reenacts and/or does living history and is looking for a non-firing C96 Mauser to complete their impression.