Carl Rckert's Memoirs of the Franco-Prussian War - 9783030070977

Carl Rckert's Memoirs of the Franco-Prussian WarAuthor(s): Alfred Kelly\nFormat: Paperback\nPublisher: Springer Nature Switzerland AG, Switzerland\nImprint: Springer Nature Switzerland AG\nISBN-13: 9783030070977, 978-3030070977\nSynopsis\nThis book offers the first English-language translation of the finest soldiers memoir to emerge from the Franco-Prussian War, titled With my Rucksack: The Unvarnished Campaign Memoirs of an Infantryman from the Year 1870 by Carl Rckert. Lasting from [tel], this was the war that made the modern German nation and set Europe on the path to World War I, and Carl Rckert offers an unrivalled worms eye view of the experiences of common soldiers who fought in it. A Hessian lance corporal in the German army, he was a close observer of daily hardships, class tensions, the influence of nationalism, and the terrors of combat. He was gravely wounded in the wars decisive battle at Gravelotte, where he was among the first Europeans to face the horrors of breech-lo.