Preserving The Oral HistorIES of Combat Veterans
3:01 | William Lubbeck, author of At Leningrad's Gates: The Combat Memoirs of a Soldier with Army Group North, and his unit attempt to repel the Russians after they break through the German lines on the Neva River in Leningrad.
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William Lubbeck, author of At Leningrad's Gates: The Combat Memoirs of a Soldier with Army Group North, recalls the combat tactics of the French and Moroccan troops when Germany invaded France.
William Lubbeck, author of At Leningrad's Gates: The Combat Memoirs of a Soldier with Army Group North, recalls when his unit was moved from France, across Germany, and began fortifying the Russian front.
William Lubbeck, author of At Leningrad's Gates: The Combat Memoirs of a Soldier with Army Group North, recalls getting mercilessly shelled by a talented French artilleryman.
William Lubbeck, author of At Leningrad's Gates: The Combat Memoirs of a Soldier with Army Group North, remembers being a forward observer caught in heavy fighting on the Estonia/Russia border when his artillery unit saved his life.
William Lubbeck, author of At Leningrad's Gates: The Combat Memoirs of a Soldier with Army Group North, remembers the intense combat and shelling as the German Army and Navy surrounded Leningrad.
William Lubbeck, author of At Leningrad's Gates: The Combat Memoirs of a Soldier with Army Group North, and his unit attempt to repel the Russians after they break through the German lines on the Neva River in Leningrad.
William Lubbeck, author of At Leningrad's Gates: The Combat Memoirs of a Soldier with Army Group North, recalls how he won the Iron Cross First Class with a well placed artillery round.
William Lubbeck, author of At Leningrad's Gates: The Combat Memoirs of a Soldier with Army Group North, recalls combat on the Russian front when the German Army surrounded the Russian Army under the command of General Andrey Andreyevich Vlasov.
William Lubbeck, author of At Leningrad's Gates: The Combat Memoirs of a Soldier with Army Group North, faces horrifying combat that results in the deaths that decimated the ranks of his unit, leaving them without command and unable to fight.
William Lubbeck, author of At Leningrad's Gates: The Combat Memoirs of a Soldier with Army Group North, recalls the fate of his unit as the war winds to a close and finally ends.
William Lubbeck, author of At Leningrad's Gates: The Combat Memoirs of a Soldier with Army Group North, tells of the nature of the treatment German soldiers received at the hands of the Red Army troops.
William Lubbeck (author of "At Leningrad's Gates: The Memoirs of a Soldier with Army Group North") shares unique photos depicting Germany's conflict with Russia.
