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Από τη Βιέννη στα Καλάβρυτα
Τα αιματηρά ίχνη της 117ης Μεραρχίας Καταδρομών στη Σερβία και την Ελλάδα.
- GenresHistory
779 pages, Paperback
First published June 1, 2002
About the author
Hermann Frank Meyer
6 booksGerman writer and researcher who dealt with the period of German occupation in Greece during the Second World War.
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August 11, 2025
Αν ενδιαφέρεται κανείς να μάθει πραγματικά(πραγματικά όμως όχι ωραιοποιημένες ιστοριούλες για τα σχολεία και τις τελετές μνήμης)τι γινόταν στην Πελλοπόνησο το 41-44 ας διαβάσει αυτό το βιβλίο.Γραμμένο από ψυχρό Γερμανό που ψάχνει να βρεί τον χαμένο πατέρα που δεν γνώρισε ποτέ και με σχολαστικότητα βιβλιοθηκάριου δεν αφήνει λεπτομέρεια να ξεφύγει.Όλα που γράφει έχει αναφορές για την πηγή απο την οποία προέρχεται.Παρότι βιβλίο «τούβλο» σε πάχος το διάβασα απνευστί.
November 12, 2012
On the off chance that anyone will read this: this book is one of a kind. It's rare that one stumbles across a book this well researched.
To give you an idea of how precise this book is: in my photograph collection I have a photo of an officer overlooking the ruins of Sparta, with a date. By location and date, the 177. Jäger-Division was the only obvious ID suggestion. This book in hand, all I needed to do was go for to the page listing this date--once there, I found that the unit at that date was only a few miles away from that location, and photographs of a certain officer let me ID with (pretty certain accuracy) the man in the photograph. The photo took on a life of its own--I could go back in time, forward in time, Meyer's chronology has my seal of approval for accuracy.
Once I tacked down the person in the photo, I couldn't stop; you generally can't find any information on this notorious unit elsewhere (or maybe just not in English) and this book makes heavy history so interesting.
To give you an idea of how precise this book is: in my photograph collection I have a photo of an officer overlooking the ruins of Sparta, with a date. By location and date, the 177. Jäger-Division was the only obvious ID suggestion. This book in hand, all I needed to do was go for to the page listing this date--once there, I found that the unit at that date was only a few miles away from that location, and photographs of a certain officer let me ID with (pretty certain accuracy) the man in the photograph. The photo took on a life of its own--I could go back in time, forward in time, Meyer's chronology has my seal of approval for accuracy.
Once I tacked down the person in the photo, I couldn't stop; you generally can't find any information on this notorious unit elsewhere (or maybe just not in English) and this book makes heavy history so interesting.
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