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  • More Hidden Stories from June 6th 1944
  • By: Holger Eckhertz
  • Narrated by: P. J. Ochlan
  • Length: 7 hrs and 9 mins
  • 4.6 out of 5 stars (426 ratings)
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D Day Through German Eyes Book 2

By: Holger Eckhertz
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Summary

The first book of D Day Through German Eyes has fascinated listeners around the world with its insight into the German experience of June 6, 1944. Now, book 2 contains a completely different set of astonishing German testimonies from the same archive.

These newly translated eyewitness statements by German veterans show the defenders to be determined but psychologically insecure, often deluded in their thinking, and all too human in their shock at the onslaught they faced. These unique interviews with German soldiers are a historical treasure trove of new insights, heart-stopping combat stories, and glimpses of wartime psychology that will absorb anyone with an interest in WW2.

©2015 Holger Eckhertz (P)2016 Audible, Inc.

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? Fake

Please google search these books as there seems legitimate concern from historians that these stories are in fact fake and a work of fiction. Decide for yourself.

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Fiction

This is complete, unsourced, flagrant, fiction.

Events described, by conveniently all dead people, don’t match up to any recorded history.

And the author is a mystery.

It’s laughable nonsense.

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Fiction

What could be a great narrative is let down not only by the German accents which at times drove me to distraction, but by the fact this is total fiction. Those been interviewed remember minute details reference kit and equipment but never say their units or location. Typhoon mentioned in this book mentioned no where else. Dubious if the weapon was as powerful as is made out. Save your money and look elsewhere.

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Great if true but, but but…

I had no prior knowledge of this book which I picked out during an audible sale. I was really enjoying it and accepted it at face value as a genuine reportage of the German ground perspective of D Day. The stories were fascinating. I did wonder at the similarities in attitude of the various soldiers. It is hard to believe, for instance, the thesis that France was being defended by the Germans against bolshevism and then against invasion by the allies. I’m also sure the French would like to have been asked if they’d like to be invaded. There were also certain expressions and speech patterns that were repeated. However I put that down to translation.

The final chapter which is devoted to wonder weapons was by far the most significant. It was both chilling and suspect. The interviewee was supposedly involved with Taiphun B bombs which he claimed could take out several kilometres of armoured forces. This was a big deal that it was hard to believe that it had not been highlighted before. I thought it implausible in the extreme and, even allowing for delusional bragging by an interviewee, it made me suspicious, Surely this development would have been widely reported and such weapons would have been deployed in WW2 or later such as in Vietnam, if they had that power. I had never heard of this weapon so I looked it up online. It transpired that the primary reference was the book itself. It also emerged that the book has been dismissed as a hoax by WW2 historians and that there is no record of either the author or his grandfather, who purportedly did the interviews.

I don’t know what the truth is but I will not be reading any more of the series.


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Would love to be able to find the author

I appreciated it until I looked for other books by the author.... then I fell down a rabbit hole of doubt to it’s authenticity.

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Fascinating, eye opening and chilling by stages.

This is actually a hugely important document as it explains something that has always been a mystery to those of us from allied countries, namely how on earth could ordinary Germans fight for and support the evils of the 3rd Reich. What we learn here is that for the ordinary drafted German soldier an entirely different world view existed of what the war was actually about (my goodness the French come out of this very badly indeed apart from the very small percentage who genuinely resisted) . It also gives an unexpected contrast and pause for thought on current times like us criticising for example Syria or Russia over civilian casualties in the current conflict, when your hear the Germans veterans views on how many French civilians died when the allies were forced to bomb France for example. There is a lot to take in here and it is very well worth listening to and has certainly given me pause for thought about how things can look very very different depending an the sheer chance of what side you were born on. However, there is also a very chilling part about the testing of a Nazi "wonder weapon" from a man who seems to be everything you thought Nazi scientists were.

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Fact or fiction?

I can't decide if this is a collection of genuine war experiences or a work of fiction. It's probably the latter, although well informed in general, apart from the last chapter about a Nazi wonder weapon when the author seems to have been at the brandy. Not one for the committed historian, but an interesting listen.
The German accents are a little distracting/annoying.

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Facinating

Absolutely facinating insight into the German psyche regarding their attitude to Europe and their occupation of France in particular.

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A very powerful alternative view

This and it's companion volume paint a vivid and quite alternative view of one of the most pivotal events in modern European history. Such works are doubly important as so often history gets to be written by the victors alone. Here are the voices of men on the ground who, by and large, thought they were doing the right thing. The power and merciless nature of the Allied invasion comes across relentlessly.

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Too good to be true

Totally fake made up accounts, which became more and more obvious as the book went on.

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