{"product_id":"in-deadly-combat-modern-war-studies-hardcover","title":"In Deadly Combat (Modern War Studies (Hardcover))","description":"\u003cp\u003eGottlob Herbert Bidermann's In Deadly Combat is a rare first‑person memoir of a German infantryman on the Eastern Front, following an 18‑year‑old private in the 132d Infantry Division from the 1941 invasion of the Soviet Union through the Dnieper, the southern steppes, Crimean and northern Russian fighting, the retreat via Riga and the division's final isolation in Courland and surrender in 1945. Bidermann sketches daily life, small‑unit engagements, hardship and survival in a direct, sometimes lyrical voice that emphasizes the compulsive professionalism and fierce loyalty of the Wehrmacht subculture while—by his own account—stopping short of linking that subculture to the Reich's broader atrocities; the narrative thus offers historians and readers a ground‑level, rank‑and‑file perspective on front‑line combat and soldierly ethos that Dennis Showalter calls notably uncommon in the historiography.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis Modern War Studies hardcover edition is an English translation and expansion of Bidermann's privately published 1964 German memoir, translated and augmented by retired Navy SEAL Zumbro using preserved documents and retrospective interviews, and features an introduction by historian Dennis Showalter; the translation is described as direct and generally graceful. Bibliographic and series details (Modern War Studies, ISBN 9780700610167) and the editor\/translator's additional material make this edition useful to researchers seeking primary testimony with documentary supplements rather than a heavily illustrated or annotated volume. \u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"WW2 Bunker","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44298894049382,"sku":"9780700610167","price":15.75,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0679\/4926\/4998\/files\/BmQZG-BB24-N8UjbGbQSE3SPnrNJO44hycKY3OUYG7U.jpg?v=1767231251","url":"https:\/\/ww2bunker.com\/products\/in-deadly-combat-modern-war-studies-hardcover","provider":"WW2 Bunker","version":"1.0","type":"link"}