This is a book of an eyewitness and a participant in bloody battles on the Eastern Front. The commander of the anti-tank crew Gottlob Biederman participated in the battles near Kyiv, the siege of Sevastopol, the blockade of Leningrad, the retreat through Latvia and in the last battle for Courland. Four years on the front line and three years in Russian captivity... The man bore the brunt of the war and the bitterness of Germany's defeat.