This book is about a German soldier fighting on the Eastern Front during World War II. I try to read as many books as I can from all sides during the war to keep myself from bias as a World War II major. I found the account of Gunter to be horrific. People often see the Nazi's as all insanely evil people, but I think that people often forget that there were normal people fighting in this war because they were called up for service, much like men from other countries. Not everyone was a die hard Nazi, and it is hard to separate that sometimes. I cannot imagine being forced to fight with hardly any food or proper equipment in the middle of a Russian winter. That is insane to me. I feel for these people, even though they were the enemies of the world and got up to some awful things.