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The Forgotten Soldier

The Forgotten Soldier , originally published in French as Le soldat oublié, is an account by Guy Sajer of his experiences as a German soldier on the Eastern Front during World War II. With reference to the author's ambiguous relationship to war, the book has been called "the account of a disastrous love affair with war and with the army that, of all modern armies, most loved war", being written with the "admiration of a semi-outsider". The English edition was translated by Lily Emmet.