Soldier x book review

Can you imagine what must have gone through the minds of the young soldiers who fought in Hitler’s army as Russia began its overpowering resistance of the Nazi from Russian soil? I couldn't until I read Soldier X. Young Soldier X also known as Erik finds himself alone but alive in a long deep trench. Although he is a German citizen he speaks Russian and has Russian ancestry. Aware that the German war front is crumbling in Russia he continues to obey military instructions with the idea that he must fight to the death for his mother country. Barely aware of the things committed against Jews he has been brainwashed into believing that Jewish people are a roadblock to the Nazi belief of world conquest. Yet in spite of this Nazi living Soldier X’s lively thought begins to challenge those beliefs. As he sits in his trench terrified by the approaching Russian tanks and infantry that are unstoppable, he questions why he must remain in this forward position only to die for his country. His platoon leader has pounded in his heart a fear that if he dares run or retreat he will be shot in the back by his own officer. Overrun in his trench he stays in place.
To some good luck a Russian tank stalls directly over his trench caught up by the barbed wire placed by Nazi soldiers to stop the powerful force of the Russian military. Every Nazi soldier around him is dead. What saves Soldier X is the stalled heavy Russian tank sitting above his head. With no other choice Soldier X exchanges his Nazi uniform for a dead Russian soldier. Then when he hears the battle moving from his position he leaves his trench with a piece of shrapnel stuck in his leg, a piece large enough that he cannot remove it. In his Russian uniform a dying German commander shoots Soldier X and he goes down. Within minutes Soldier X is hauled off by Russian infantry for immediate medical aid as a wounded fighter. During recovery after surgery he finds himself in a Russian hospital nursed back to health by a