- Hardcover: 268 pages
- Publisher: Brassey's (UK) Ltd (31 Dec 1988)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 0080312071
- ISBN-13: 978-0080312071
- Product Dimensions: 23.1 x 15.2 x 2.8 cm
- Average Customer Review: 3.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (1 customer review)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 1,066,143 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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The story of Hitler's personal bodyguard and the man who led the German attack in the Battle of the Bulge.
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5 of 5 people found the following review helpful
Format:Hardcover
The book starts with not much detail about the subject but this is what lead in part to Dietrich's mysticism. The author throughout the book has only tried to portray substantiated facts rather than inaccurate untruths. The book gives the reader an insight into one of Adolf Hitlers most trusted soldiers, from his mysterious early years, through his rise up the ladder to his involvement in the infamous Night of the Long Knives, to his charismatic leadership of the Leibstandarte, through Nuremberg and beyond. The book is a good read for those interested in this period of history and gives an insight into the german soldiers attitudes at that time.
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9 of 10 people found the following review helpful
A career chronology
15 Dec 1997
Format:Hardcover
The book reads more like a history of SS-Leibstandarte Adolph Hitler than one of Sepp Dietrich - and for that I was disappointed. The march history is available in many other books.
9 of 11 people found the following review helpful
good, but could have been a lot better
7 Aug 2000
Format:Hardcover
This books starts our really sketchy, with a general lack of details, but such is Dietrich's life in the beginning. Messenger does try to put forth fact and debunk myths that have surrounded his subject for the later years of Dietrich's life. Overall, it's a great book, and worth reading if you want to gain an insight into one of the most charasmatic leaders in the Waffen SS. Dietrich was by no means the "typical" SS soldier, being a swearing, drinking, womanizer, but his traits of being a "soldier's general" are laid forth for reading and presented very well. Overall, Messenger does have a good book, but it could have been a little more detailed. Some of the passages are only referring to units and not to Sepp himself. Worth reading.
4 of 4 people found the following review helpful
One chapter of Sepp, the rest was filler
28 Sep 2010
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Updated 12-26-2011
First the mistakes. Has Peiper as an Obersturmführer (1st Lt) at the battle of the Bulge, he was an Obersturmbannführer (Lt Col). Skips Obersturmbannführer in the SS ranks in the back and has Standartenführer as Lt Col when it was full Colonel. Shows Oberführer as Brigadier when it was senior Colonel.
There is nothing much of substance about Sepp, even telling about one of his interviews with Sepp's son Wolf-Dieter would have been a huge improvement. You learn of Sepp vicariously through his times. As I said all the direct information about Sepp in the book would have taken up one chapter, all the rest was filler that I had read about before in other books. Messenger did an outstanding job with what he had to work with, even though I have read many books about Sepp I still learned.
To sum it up, I liked the book because it was better than nothing but gives little direct information about Sepp. Too bad he could not have at least contacted people who knew Sepp after the war. I am happy I read the book, thanks to the other reviews I did not expect much and was not dissapointed. Even the photos were lacking, a nice color photo would have been nice.
There are two biographies about Sepp Dietrich: one by Charles Messenger of which there are two versions, this one was written in 1988, the other was written in 2005. The other biography by Jean Mabire is in French, so as you can see information about Sepp has to be gleaned from other books.
JEAN MABIRE - PANZERS MARSCH ! SEPP DIETRICH
Any correction to my review are most welcome, if you have read the later Messenger book please let me know if there is any updated information.
First the mistakes. Has Peiper as an Obersturmführer (1st Lt) at the battle of the Bulge, he was an Obersturmbannführer (Lt Col). Skips Obersturmbannführer in the SS ranks in the back and has Standartenführer as Lt Col when it was full Colonel. Shows Oberführer as Brigadier when it was senior Colonel.
There is nothing much of substance about Sepp, even telling about one of his interviews with Sepp's son Wolf-Dieter would have been a huge improvement. You learn of Sepp vicariously through his times. As I said all the direct information about Sepp in the book would have taken up one chapter, all the rest was filler that I had read about before in other books. Messenger did an outstanding job with what he had to work with, even though I have read many books about Sepp I still learned.
To sum it up, I liked the book because it was better than nothing but gives little direct information about Sepp. Too bad he could not have at least contacted people who knew Sepp after the war. I am happy I read the book, thanks to the other reviews I did not expect much and was not dissapointed. Even the photos were lacking, a nice color photo would have been nice.
There are two biographies about Sepp Dietrich: one by Charles Messenger of which there are two versions, this one was written in 1988, the other was written in 2005. The other biography by Jean Mabire is in French, so as you can see information about Sepp has to be gleaned from other books.
JEAN MABIRE - PANZERS MARSCH ! SEPP DIETRICH
Any correction to my review are most welcome, if you have read the later Messenger book please let me know if there is any updated information.
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