Looking for in depth first hand accounts of world war 1 or 2
Preferably from a soldiers perspective, a biography would do. I'm after something that really paints the picture of what their experience was like without over exaggerations or avoiding hard topics.
My grandfather left some letters from WW2 that were pretty raw – made me realize how sanitized most history books are. For actual published stuff, “With the Old Breed” by Eugene Sledge is brutal and doesn’t pull punches about Pacific theater. Guy was Marine in Okinawa and writes like he’s still processing trauma years later.
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My grandfather left some letters from WW2 that were pretty raw – made me realize how sanitized most history books are. For actual published stuff, “With the Old Breed” by Eugene Sledge is brutal and doesn’t pull punches about Pacific theater. Guy was Marine in Okinawa and writes like he’s still processing trauma years later.