Survive at Any Cost. German Infantryman on the Eastern Front. 1941-1945

A German infantryman describes the path he took along the roads of war from the moment the Wehrmacht troops crossed the Western Bug from Poland into Russia in 1941. The author details the heavy battles near Kyiv, Kharkiv, Dnipro, and how, in retreat, German troops burned bridges, cities, and villages. In October 1943, Soviet soldiers captured Skye in captivity. He escaped, and from that day began his wandering behind Soviet lines. However, the intelligence, good education, cunning, and resourcefulness of the German infantryman helped him not only survive but even gain the trust of the camp leadership when he was captured again. Many years after the war, the diary of Oskar Skye came into the hands of his relative, Dana Chiarello, who processed and prepared the text for publication.