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Old 12-09-10, 06:55 AM   #4
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Not an uninteresting topic, I must say.

If you are only talking about films then I can recommend you some - besides the already mentioned Stalingrad (watch it! good movie!)
Cross of Iron from 1977 shows some combat on the Eastern Front from the perspective of an ordinary german Unteroffizier.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cross_of_Iron (warning: spoilers in the plot section)

Its sucessor, Breakthrough, takes part on the Western Front, shortly before the Allied landings: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Breakthrough_%28film%29

Then there is the classic movie "Die Brücke" (The Bridge). http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Die_Br%C3%BCcke_%28film%29 Not much combat there, but a very impressive film taking part in the last days of the war and showing the attempt of indoctrinated teenage soldiers to defend a bridge against the approchaing Americans. A very immersive and impressive film. Watch out however, there has been made a remake some years ago: don't even think about watching it!

And if you want to see the (always ) winning Wehrmachtm, then there are of course a lot of "Wochenschau" out on the video platform of your choice.

If you are talking about books then there has been a lot of stuff coming out in the last two decades, mainly about the fate of the ordinary German civilians, but also some good books written from the perspective of normal soldiers. These issues have been covered before only by reactionary/neonazi writers and so the intention of these books is that we can't let these morons dominate the "research" of this topic, but cover in from a neutral point of view.

If you are interested I will have to look up which books have been translated into English or French and can get back to you. Some popular writings are available by the amateur historian Guido Knopp, they may be a good way to start.

Personally I would really like to see some stuff from the view of the Japanese, but there seems to be a deficit on books covering this - and a political motivated lack of will to work up their history.
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