Forward march!

"Forward, March!, the memoirs of Lieutenant Ernst Rosenhainer, is one of the few published firsthand accounts of a German field infantry officer in World War I who served on both the Western and Eastern Fronts. This book provides an inside look into the different types of warfare German troops experienced, from almost constant moves and battles on the Eastern Front to combat amidst battered trenches on the static Western Front. Lieutenant Ernst Rosenhainer took part in the invasion of Belgium, the battles of the Masurian Lakes in East Prussia, the horror of Verdun, the seesaw battles in Poland, and the hotly contested province of East Galicia. His memoirs destroy the myth commonly held in the West of the inferiority of the World War I Russian soldier. In vivid detail, this educated young German also recorded his many encounters with the local population, and life behind the front lines with his men and fellow officers. His journal offers rare insight into the personality and character of a German officer at the front in World War I." "Numerous maps and pictures detail and highlight movements, battles and life at the Front. Forward, March! is vital reading for any historian and serious student of the Great War as well as all interested in the reactions of a sensitive young man caught up in the battles of World War I that changed the world."--BOOK JACKET.