How many war memoirs do YOU have?

[Ben Shirley]

Well, I was interested to know if anyone reads or had read a war memoir or two.

And to see how many people own

I have read a Korean War Memoir, A Vietnam Memoir, a Navy SEAL Memoir, and Major Dick Winter's awesum WWII Memoir.

Needless to say, this is mainly where I get my war knowledge from

[Heiko Alkema]

I have a lot of WWI ones, mostly German and Russian. They were for a class, though.

My favorite is In Stalhgewittern (Englisch titel: Storm of Steel).

[Charles Norris]

I have a bunch; a few about different Pennsylvanian soldiers, Major Winter's, another just about the other members of Easy Company, Jack Lucas, the youngest Medal of Honor winner, Tuskeegee(sp?) airmen, Doolittle's Raiders, a Flying Tiger, and a German pilot.

I got them at those reenactments and most are signed by the people/surviving members that they are about, except Major Winter's, and because they were resting in peace and written by their children, one or two general Pennsylvania soldiers and the Flying Tiger.

[∬: Attila Anday]

So, I've also already read a whole bunch of those books and are only going to name a few of my favourites here. Also, I guess that unfortunately most of these books never got released in English language, so the German title and cover will have to do.

"Vergiss die Zeit der Dornen nicht"
"Don't forget the time of thornes"

A mg- gunner from the 24th Panzer Division writes about his experiences in Stalingrad and at the easern front. One of the best I ever read, especially because of a stunning style of writing.

"Saat in den Sturm"
"Seed into the storm"

The war memoirs of a member of the 3. SS Division "Totenkopf", who served from France '40 to the very bitter end in Eastern Prussia.

"Als Panzerschütze beim Deutschen Afrika Korps 1941-1943"
"As tank gunner with the German Afrika korps, 1941- 1943"

Well, I guess the title is pretty self- explaining.
The author also published a second part with his Normandy- experiences, but I unfortunately havn't read that one by now.

"Mit dem Eliteverband des Heeres Großdeutschland tief in den Weiten Russlands"
"With the elite- unit "Großdeutschland" deep in the widths of Russia"

Another war- memoir, this time a soldier who belonged to the "Großdeutschland" infantry division.

[Dieter "Iceman" Rentz]

I think I've read several, can't remember all of their names now, but I only own a few.

The ones that I own are:

The Forgotten Soldier by Guy Sajer
Soldat: Reflections of a German Soldier, 1936-1949 by Siegfried Knappe
Panzer Commander: The Memoirs of Colonel Hans von Luck
by Hans Von Luck
Panzer Operations: The Eastern Front Memoir of General Raus, 1941-1945 by Erhard Raus
Achtung - Panzer! by Heinz Guderian

And not quite memoirs written by soldiers, but WW2-related anyway:

Inside the Third Reich by Albert Speer
Until the Final Hour: Hitler's Last Secretary by Traudl Junge
On Hitler's Mountain: Overcoming the Legacy of a Nazi Childhood
by Irmgard A. Hunt

I have yet to read all of these, but I'm getting there... slowly.

[Wolfrick Fehér]

i got Sniper on the Eastern front Memoirs of Sepp Allerberger and a few others that i cant find currently :/

[2nd Lt. John P. McCreary]

I read Eugene Sledge's memoir, on which the Pacific miniseries was based along with a few others, I believe. I'd like to read Winters's--he was from my home state--and a few others. Parachute Infantry by David Kenyon Webster is definitely on my list. I've read a few excerpts and what struck me was how excellent of a writer he was. He had fantastic command of the language.

[Tristan Herman]

I've read the original Band of Brothers by Stephen Ambrose, as well as D-Day by him. Working on the Vietnam War historical-fiction Matterhorn by Karl Marlantes, which is based on his life.

It it's of any merit, my great uncle John Schrammo participated in the D-Day landings and stormed Omaha beach. His brother, Stephen, was in the 506th Airborne. Couldn't tell you which division, but I can say they were both part of day one Normandy operations. Got stories for Uncle John, but don't know a lot about Steve.

Got some good stories my grandfather told me about when he was in the German West Bloc in 1962 also.