"This is the horror of World War II on the Eastern Front, as seen through the eyes of a teenaged German soldier. At first an exciting adventure, young Sajer's war becomes, as the German invasion falters in the icy vastness of the Ukraine, a simple, desperate struggle for survival against cold, hunger, and above all the terrifying Soviet artillery. As a member of the elite Gross Deutschland Division, he fought in all the great battles, from Kursk to Kharkov."--Jacket.

Russia Autumn, 1942 --Toward Stalingrad -- Minsk -- Kiev -- Baptism of Fire -- Kharkov -- The Front -- South of Voronezh -- The Don -- The March to the Rear -- From the Don to Kharkov -- First Spring -- First Retreat -- The Donetz Battle -- The "Gross Deutschland" Spring, 1943--Summer, 1943 -- Leave -- Berlin -- Paula -- Training for an Elite Division -- Auf marsch! Marsch! -- Belgorod -- The Retreat Autumn, 1943 -- The New Front -- The Breakthrough at Konotop -- Crossing the Dnieper -- To the West Winter, 1943--Summer, 1944 -- "Gott Mit Uns" -- Cancelled Leave -- Partisans -- Red Tanks -- The Second Front on the Dnieper -- The Third Retreat -- Christmas, 1943 -- The Siege of Boporoeivska -- Return to Poland -- Return to the Ukraine -- The Final Spring -- The Death of Herr Hauptmann Wesreidau -- Exodus -- The End Autumn, 1944--Spring, 1945 -- From Poland to East Prussia -- The Volkssturm -- The Invasion -- Memel -- Calvary -- Pillau -- Kahlberg -- Danzig -- Gotenhafen -- Our Last Battle -- The West -- Hela -- Denmark -- Kiel -- The English -- Prisoner -- Epilogue: Return.