On The Devil's Tail :: In Combat With the Waffen-SS on the Eastern Front 1945, and With the French in Indochina 1951-54 /
"This is the riveting true story of Paul Martelli, a fifteen-year-old German-Italian, who fought in Pomerania, on the Eastern Front, in 1945 as a member of the 33. Waffen Grenadier-Division der SS 'Charlemagne' and, later as a solider with French forces during three years (1951-1954)...
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| Zusammenfassung: | "This is the riveting true story of Paul Martelli, a fifteen-year-old German-Italian, who fought in Pomerania, on the Eastern Front, in 1945 as a member of the 33. Waffen Grenadier-Division der SS 'Charlemagne' and, later as a solider with French forces during three years (1951-1954) in the Tonkin area, Vietnam. Paul recounts his time at the Sennheim military training base, where he was introduced to the rigorous discipline of body and mind : he then goes back to 1940, during the German invasion of France, when he was still a boy in Lorraine, hinting at his motivations for enlisting with the Waffen SS. He reveals his and many young soldiers' exciting and often humorous escapades at Greifenberg, his first love with a German girl helping refugees, his experiences and feelings during the combats at Korlin, during the strenuous defense of Kolberg, while regrouping at Neustrelitz and at the German defeat. With a companion he ends up at a castle delivering a group of women camp prisoners to a Russian officer, living in disguise among enemy soldiers until he escapes and surrender to the Americans. After his sentence, imprisonment, evasions and military service in Morocco, Paul is sent to fight in defense of bases north of Hanoi, Vietnam. He survives three years of fierce combats, assaults, ambushes, night patrols, fatal traps and mortal risks but, deep down, he compares his service with the Waffen SS during the last year of war with the inefficiency of the French Expeditionary Force in the Far East and comes out deeply frustrated. At almost 26, he has fought and lost in two wars, both against the communists, be they Soviet or Viet Minh. Unemployed, and with the ideals of 'Nouvelle Europe' in pieces, he briefly joins the French Foreign Legion, his last hope, but in the end chooses another path. This is a unique memoir, packed with incident and recounting the story of one individual caught up in series of life-changing events."--First page |
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| spelling | Martelli, Paul, author. On The Devil's Tail : In Combat With the Waffen-SS on the Eastern Front 1945, and With the French in Indochina 1951-54 / Paul Martelli with Vittorio dal Cengio. Solihull, West Midlands, England : Helion & Company, 2015. 1 online resource : illustrations, maps text txt rdacontent computer c rdamedia online resource cr rdacarrier Online resource; title from PDF title page (Ebsco, viewed June 16, 2015). "This is the riveting true story of Paul Martelli, a fifteen-year-old German-Italian, who fought in Pomerania, on the Eastern Front, in 1945 as a member of the 33. Waffen Grenadier-Division der SS 'Charlemagne' and, later as a solider with French forces during three years (1951-1954) in the Tonkin area, Vietnam. Paul recounts his time at the Sennheim military training base, where he was introduced to the rigorous discipline of body and mind : he then goes back to 1940, during the German invasion of France, when he was still a boy in Lorraine, hinting at his motivations for enlisting with the Waffen SS. He reveals his and many young soldiers' exciting and often humorous escapades at Greifenberg, his first love with a German girl helping refugees, his experiences and feelings during the combats at Korlin, during the strenuous defense of Kolberg, while regrouping at Neustrelitz and at the German defeat. With a companion he ends up at a castle delivering a group of women camp prisoners to a Russian officer, living in disguise among enemy soldiers until he escapes and surrender to the Americans. After his sentence, imprisonment, evasions and military service in Morocco, Paul is sent to fight in defense of bases north of Hanoi, Vietnam. He survives three years of fierce combats, assaults, ambushes, night patrols, fatal traps and mortal risks but, deep down, he compares his service with the Waffen SS during the last year of war with the inefficiency of the French Expeditionary Force in the Far East and comes out deeply frustrated. At almost 26, he has fought and lost in two wars, both against the communists, be they Soviet or Viet Minh. Unemployed, and with the ideals of 'Nouvelle Europe' in pieces, he briefly joins the French Foreign Legion, his last hope, but in the end chooses another path. This is a unique memoir, packed with incident and recounting the story of one individual caught up in series of life-changing events."--First page List of Photographs; List of Maps; Introductory Notes; Glossary; 1. The Waffen SS Volunteer; 2. The Greifenberg Base; 3. The Battle of Körlin; 4. The Siege of Kolberg; 5. Escape to the West; 6. Trials and Tribulations; 7. Vietnam. Waffen-SS. SS-Panzer-Grenadier-Division "Götz von Berlichingen", 17. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n85002156 France. Armée. Légion étrangère. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n79111952 SS-Ausbildungslager Sennheim. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n00032594 France. Armée. Légion étrangère fast SS-Ausbildungslager Sennheim fast Waffen-SS. SS-Panzer-Grenadier-Division "Götz von Berlichingen", 17 fast Vietnam. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n79032186 Kolberg-Körlin (Germany) http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n2006051978 HISTORY Europe Western. bisacsh Germany Kolberg-Körlin fast Vietnam fast https://id.oclc.org/worldcat/entity/E39PBJjhFyhTBdYgGbRpV6YwYP Dal Cengio, Vittorio, author. has work: On the devil's tail (Text) https://id.oclc.org/worldcat/entity/E39PCGGX8XbmMV3g34h8p3BmwK https://id.oclc.org/worldcat/ontology/hasWork Print version: Martelli, Paul. On The Devil's Tail 9781909982093 (OCoLC)865495220 FWS01 ZDB-4-EBA FWS_PDA_EBA https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&AN=1004265 Volltext |
| spellingShingle | Martelli, Paul Dal Cengio, Vittorio On The Devil's Tail : In Combat With the Waffen-SS on the Eastern Front 1945, and With the French in Indochina 1951-54 / List of Photographs; List of Maps; Introductory Notes; Glossary; 1. The Waffen SS Volunteer; 2. The Greifenberg Base; 3. The Battle of Körlin; 4. The Siege of Kolberg; 5. Escape to the West; 6. Trials and Tribulations; 7. Vietnam. Waffen-SS. SS-Panzer-Grenadier-Division "Götz von Berlichingen", 17. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n85002156 France. Armée. Légion étrangère. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n79111952 SS-Ausbildungslager Sennheim. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n00032594 France. Armée. Légion étrangère fast SS-Ausbildungslager Sennheim fast Waffen-SS. SS-Panzer-Grenadier-Division "Götz von Berlichingen", 17 fast HISTORY Europe Western. bisacsh |
| subject_GND | http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n85002156 http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n79111952 http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n00032594 http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n79032186 http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n2006051978 |
| title | On The Devil's Tail : In Combat With the Waffen-SS on the Eastern Front 1945, and With the French in Indochina 1951-54 / |
| title_auth | On The Devil's Tail : In Combat With the Waffen-SS on the Eastern Front 1945, and With the French in Indochina 1951-54 / |
| title_exact_search | On The Devil's Tail : In Combat With the Waffen-SS on the Eastern Front 1945, and With the French in Indochina 1951-54 / |
| title_full | On The Devil's Tail : In Combat With the Waffen-SS on the Eastern Front 1945, and With the French in Indochina 1951-54 / Paul Martelli with Vittorio dal Cengio. |
| title_fullStr | On The Devil's Tail : In Combat With the Waffen-SS on the Eastern Front 1945, and With the French in Indochina 1951-54 / Paul Martelli with Vittorio dal Cengio. |
| title_full_unstemmed | On The Devil's Tail : In Combat With the Waffen-SS on the Eastern Front 1945, and With the French in Indochina 1951-54 / Paul Martelli with Vittorio dal Cengio. |
| title_short | On The Devil's Tail : |
| title_sort | on the devil s tail in combat with the waffen ss on the eastern front 1945 and with the french in indochina 1951 54 |
| title_sub | In Combat With the Waffen-SS on the Eastern Front 1945, and With the French in Indochina 1951-54 / |
| topic | Waffen-SS. SS-Panzer-Grenadier-Division "Götz von Berlichingen", 17. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n85002156 France. Armée. Légion étrangère. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n79111952 SS-Ausbildungslager Sennheim. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n00032594 France. Armée. Légion étrangère fast SS-Ausbildungslager Sennheim fast Waffen-SS. SS-Panzer-Grenadier-Division "Götz von Berlichingen", 17 fast HISTORY Europe Western. bisacsh |
| topic_facet | Waffen-SS. SS-Panzer-Grenadier-Division "Götz von Berlichingen", 17. France. Armée. Légion étrangère. SS-Ausbildungslager Sennheim. France. Armée. Légion étrangère SS-Ausbildungslager Sennheim Waffen-SS. SS-Panzer-Grenadier-Division "Götz von Berlichingen", 17 Vietnam. Kolberg-Körlin (Germany) HISTORY Europe Western. Germany Kolberg-Körlin Vietnam |
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