Surgeon with the Kaiser's army / Stephan Kurt Westmann ; edited by Michael Stephen Westman.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Westmann, Stephan Kurt, author.

Contributor:

Westman, Michael Stephen, editor.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

World War, 1914-1918--Campaigns--Eastern Front--Personal narratives, German.

World War, 1914-1918.

World War, 1914-1918--Campaigns--Western Front--Personal narratives, German.

World War, 1914-1918--Medical care--Germany.

Westmann, Stephan Kurt, 1893-1964.

Westmann, Stephan Kurt.

Medical Subjects:

Westmann, Stephan Kurt, 1893-1964.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (186 p.)

Place of Publication:

Barnsley, England : Pen & Sword Military, 2014.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

The Author gave up his medical studies at Freiburg University in 1914 to enlist in the German Army. He was soon involved in bloody hand-to-hand fighting against the French before moving to the Russian front. Promoted to medical officer, despite being unqualified and barely into his twenties he is given command of an ambulance train on the Western Front. He treats and operates on wounded of all nationalities and ranks and rescues British and German soldiers after gas attacks on the trenches of the Somme. As medical officer to the German Air Force (von Richthofen Circus) Westmann sees the danger

Contents:

Cover; Title Page; Copyright Page; Contents; Introduction; Part I: (1914); Chapter 1: 'If War Should Ever Come'; Chapter 2: The Outbreak; Part II: (1915); Chapter 3: The Western Front; Chapter 4: Surgeon Probationer; Part III: (1916); Chapter 5: The Trenches ofthe Somme; Chapter 6: On the Move; Part IV: (1917); Chapter 7: Gas Warfare; Chapter 8: The Soldier's View; Part V: (1918); Chapter 9: The Spring Offensive; Chapter 10: Retreat; Epilogue; Glossary

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (ebrary, viewed December 4, 2014).

ISBN:

9781473843370

1473843375

9781473842991

1473842999