The Eastern Front

The Eastern front is a short story by Otto H. Vinther. It takes place on the Eastern Front during WW2 and the protagonist is the soldier August Theiss.

Plot
The story takes place in amidst the German invasion of Russia during the war. The story follows the soldier August Theiss as he thrown into a fight with the Russian before they try retreat towards Stalingrad. August Theiss befriends a younger soldier by the name Thomas Meier and attempts to survive the attack as well as the harsh winter. Both August and Thomas later succumb to the cold.

Principal Characters
August Theiss: A thirty-year-old soldier from South Germany, he is followed throughout the story by the reader until he succumbs to the weather.

Thomas Meier: A young North German in his mid-twenties who becomes a close friend to August as they both struggle to survive artillery and the cold.

Mihai: A half Romanian-Bulgarian soldier who is often forced to do manual labour.

Johann Randolph Von Ingersleben: The commander of the unit. He is a competitive soldier who has a bet with Oskar von Eiffel, an recurring character from A Shepherd in War.

Trivia
Oskar von Eiffel is a recurring character from A Shepherd in War, where he is playing a minor role and little-brother to one of the antagonist of the story. A scene of his time in Stalingrad are briefly encountered. His rank in the story is SS-untersturmführer.

Johann plays a small role as the chauffeur of Oskar in A Shepherd in War, hinting that he survived the battle of Stalingrad and eventual became the chauffeur for Oskar.