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Crack of doom (A Bantam seventy-five)

4 reviews
Willi Heinrich

Bantam Books, 1967

initial impression changes
I've just finished Crack of Doom by Willi Heinrich. My inititial impression was that it's an unpleasant book about a gruesome time and ultimately just that, unappealing, but within twelve hours of that first reaction I've settled into another response, more just, I think, because the characters have sat down, as it were, within me, and I think this might happen to you too. The strength of ...

Alte Häuser sterben nicht.
Willi Heinrich

Herbig, Mchn., 2000

Alte Hauser sterben nicht. Roman.
Willi Heinrich

Verlagsgruppe Bertelsmann GmbH, 1971

German-language edition.

Cross Of Iron

21 reviews
Willi Heinrich

Corgi Books, 1977

Steiner is the MAN.
Unlike so many of his fellow German veterans, Willi Heinrich elected to relate his WWII experiences through his outstanding novel, The Cross of Iron. The book deals with the German withdrawal from the Kuban Peninsula. This is one of the far flung fronts that comparatively little has been written. Heinrich's protagonist is Sgt. Steiner, the veteran platoon leader that has seen more than his ...