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CROSS OF IRON is the thrilling story of a German platoon cut off far behind Russian lines in the second half of World War II. A resourceful and cynical commander somehow manages to coax his men through the bitter hand-to-hand fighting in forests, trenches and city streets until eventually they regain the German lines. But safety is only temporary. After the tension of waiting for the last overwhelming Russian advance the platoon is forced into futile counter-attacks and murderous house-to-house fighting until its final decimation becomes inevitable. A modern classic of war fiction both as a book and a film, this is a strikingly realistic story of action on the Eastern Front, where the grimness of combat seems to have neither pity nor end.
| ISBN | 0304352411 | | Pages | 480 | | ISBN13 | 9780304352418
(What's this?) | | Weight (grammes) | 320 | | Publisher | Orion Publishing Co | | Published in | London | | Imprint | Cassell military | | Series title | Cassell Military Paperbacks | | Format | Paperback | | Previous ISBN | 9780297645269 | | Publication date | 05 Aug 1999 | | Height (mm) | 197 | | Library of Congress | PT2617 | | Width (mm) | 129 | | DEWEY | 833.914 | | Spine width (mm) | 33 | | DEWEY edition | DC21 | | Academic level | General |
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Heinrich's 'Cross of Iron' (originally the 'Willing Flesh') is the tale of a group of German soldiers during the retreat from Russia in 1943. Why is the book so special to me? Because it explores in great depth the philosophy of war; it's destructive power - the hopelessness of conflict, and the the rubbishing of grand racial ideals, whilst also demonstrating the creative power, in terms of bonds of brotherhood between the men - the creation of arrogance - the creation of love and the creation of hate... - aled lloyd-owen Write a review
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