More than 150 Germans contributed to this fascinating oral history of the Second World War, which gives first-hand accounts of what it was like to watch and participate in the rise of Hitler, to endure the peril of the seas in a U-boat, to fight and watch men die, and to suffer through bombings at Dresden and Hamburg.

Johannes Steinhoff (General, U.S. Army) served as chairman of the NATO Military Committee. Peter Pechel has been a foreign correspondent for German television. Dennis Showalter has served as guest lecturer at Yale University, the Naval War College, and the Air War College.