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Most people do not understand personalities which are unlike their own and yet human beings are incredibly diverse. Least of all does your average person understand atavistic aggression, the thrill of the fight, the clarity of battle - kill or be killed. Rudel is a warrior: both in the Teutonic tradition eg Ernst Junger, and also in the fuller historical sense, as Arjuna in the Mahabharata. What I find so impressive in this autobiography is the incredible dedication, above all the work rate, not just of the author, who is exceptional, but of the entire German war machine. The Russians relied on numbers; the Western allies on superior materiel, what the Nazis lacked in both - the Stuka was not the best aircraft and the Germans were being bombed and blockaded very effectively - they made up for in sheer intensity, commitment and hard work. So much more to say about this man, the war story he tells and its context but this is a review not an essay - read it for yourself :-)Read full review
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