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Title: Bitter war memoir
Review: This is a frank, no-holds-barred account of serving in the Waffen-SS in WW2. The author was greatly affected by his experiences in Russia and the Western Front and has some scathing opinions of American authorities inability to handle the large number of German POWs following the war, which led to many deaths from starvation. He goes to considerable lengths to compare actions of American troops being similar (with regards to atrocities) as German troops, like the continual shooting of a young, wounded comrade during the Battle of the Bulge by American troops.While Schmidt is bitter about his experiences, he writes reasonably well and his recollections are vivid. I enjoyed this book and would highly recommend it for the WW2 buff.
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