A 1944 Issued "Front and Homeland" Soldier's Newspaper; "We’ll remain strong"
Title page of German soldier newspaper “Front and Homeland”, 31.2 x 45.6 cm. Date of item: 1944. Condition: good, signs of aging. The title page of the German soldier newspaper “Front und Heimat” (Front and Homeland), issue 21, July 1944. The main article is titled “Fanfare of German will to victory – We’ll remain strong!”, and gives short statements about the fights from each a soldier at the Eastern, Western, and Southern Front. The German spirit is of course unbroken, the soldiers are valiant and defend successfully. The other articles state more of the same hanging on kind of propaganda. Page 2 has a piece about the plans of the Allied Forces and the Soviets with Germany, should they win. It is seen as proof of their plan to destroy Germany and the German people completely, so it’s even more imperative for the Germans to win the war. In reality of course, the German army was rapidly losing ground on all fronts. In July 1944 alone they lost the cities of Minsk, Siena, Vilnius, Caen, Livorno, and Leningrad (in chronological order), to name only a few.

