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| Author | Franz Kurowski |
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| Language | English |
| Genre | Historical fiction |
| Publisher | J.J. Fedorowicz Publishing (1st ed., 1994) Ballantine Books (2002) Stackpole Books (2004) |
Publication date | 1994 |
| Publication place | Canada (1994) United States (2002) |
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| Followed by | Infantry Aces II |
Infantry Aces is an English-language book by the German author Franz Kurowski. Originally released by the Canadian publisher of militaria literature J.J. Fedorowicz Publishing, it was later licensed by Fedorowicz to the American publishers Ballantine Books and Stackpole Books. The book was a commercial success and enjoyed a wide readership among the American public.
Infantry Aces has been criticised in the book The Myth of the Eastern Front: The Nazi–Soviet War in American Popular Culture by the historians Ronald Smelser and Edward J. Davies as ahistorical and misleading, presenting a picture of the German soldiers "without flaws or character defects". According to Smelser and Daivies, Kurowski's accounts, including Infantry Aces, are intended "to act as a memorial to these men".[1]
- ^ Smelser & Davies 2008, p. 180.