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UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn.[Originally published under the title 'Das Falsche Opfer?' by Leopold Stocker Verlag,Austria, 1984.This is the first English-language edition and includes an inroduction by Lawrence Paterson.] MINT/MINT.Wrapped+ protected from day of issue/purchase,so no owner inscrptn and no price removal from dw/d.Bright,crisp,clean,matt,monochrome photographic illustrated front panel of dw/dj with brown+black lettering,a b/w thumbnail photographic detail from front cover and similar colour lettering to spine/backstrip,rear panel with black lettered quote by Lawrence Paterson,a prose extract of memoir and montaged contemporary b/w photographs; with negligible shelf-wear to edges and corners - no nicks,tears or splits present.Top+ fore-edges bright and clean; contents bright,tight,clean,solid and sound - no dog-ear reading creases to any pages' corners - unread,apart from my own collation.Publisher's bright,crisp, unblemished,sharp-cornered,original plain black cloth boards with bright,crisp, blocked silver gilt letters and publisher's colophon to spine/backstrip, and immaculate plain white endpapers.UK, 8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn,vii-xivpp+1-274pp [paginated] includes an introduction by Lawrence Paterson,author's dedication, translator Eva Burke's Preface,author's foreword,13 chapters and an Afterword,16pp contemporary b/w pgotographs in 1 block, between pp114/15 and translator's chapter by chapter notes at the rear,as last pages.
The Brandenburgers were Hitler's Special Forces,a band of mainly foreign German nationals who used disguise and fluency in other languages to complete daring missions into enemy territory.
Overshadowed by stories of their Allied equivalents,their history has largely been ignored,making this memoir all the more extraordinary.
First published in German in 1984,de Giampietro's highly-personal and eloquent memoir is a vivid account of his experiences.In astonishing detail,he delves into the reality of life in the unit from everyday concerns and politics to training and involvement in Brandenburg missions.He details the often foolhardy missions undertaken under the command of Theodor von Hippel including the June 1941 seizure of the Duna bridges in Dunaburg and the attempted capture of the bridge at Bataisk where half of his unit were killed.
Translated into English for the first time,this is a unique insight into a fascinating slice of German wartime history,both as an account of the Brandenburgers and within the very particular context of the author's South Tyrolean origins.Hailing from the South Tyrolean village of Sterzing,Sepp de Giampietro joined the Wehrmacht in 1938 before moving into the Brandenburg Division.He served in the Balkans,the Eastern Front,then the Kuban before returning to his home village at the end of the war.Given the very perilous nature of their missions very few of these specially-trained soldiers survived the Second World War and much knowledge of the unit has been lost forever.
Widely regarded as the predecessor of today's special forces units,this fascinating account brings to life the Brandenburger Division and its part in history in vivid and compelling detail.
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