
The Unknown Eastern Front
The Wehrmacht and Hitler's Foreign Soldiers
Rolf-Dieter Muller(Author)
I.B. Tauris (Publisher)
Will be published approx. on 30. June 2012
Book
Hardback
288 pages
978-1-78076-072-8 (ISBN)
Description
When Hitler launched Operation Barbarossa with his attack on the Soviet Union in June 1941, the Wehrmacht deployed 600,000 troops to the Eastern Front. Their numbers were later swelled by a range of foreign volunteers so that, at the height of World War II, astonishingly one in three men fighting for the Germans in the East was not a native German. Hitler's declaration of the 'struggle against Bolshevism' reverberated throughout all of Europe - among convinced fascists as well as among non-Russian eastern Europeans seeking to regain their independence from the USSR. Many of these volunteers subsequently became involved in the atrocities of the Wehrmacht and the SS. Vilified by Hitler for their supposed failures, condemned and forgotten by their homelands for treason and collaboration, their involvement in the war has been largely ignored or swept aside by historians. Rolf-Dieter Muller here offers a fascinating new perspective on a little-known aspect of World War II.
Reviews / Votes
'A concise yet comprehensive treatment of the military operations of Hitler's foreign helpers in the war against the Soviet Union ... A very readable account that effectively dismantles myths and legends that have grown up around an important and neglected subject.' Jeff Rutherford, H-German 'Definitive' Die Welt 'Persuasive and readable' Westdeutsche Zeitung 'Rarely is so much historical knowledge presented in such little space.' DeutschlandfunkMore details
Language
English
Place of publication
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Target group
College/higher education
Illustrations
6 maps, 81 bw integrated illustrations
Dimensions
Height: 234 mm
Width: 156 mm
ISBN-13
978-1-78076-072-8 (9781780760728)
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Person
Rolf-Dieter Muller is Professor of Military History at the Humboldt University, Berlin; Scientific Director of the German Armed Forces Military History Research Institute in Potsdam; and Coordinator of the 'The German Reich and the Second World War' project. He is the author of numerous publications on World War II.
Content
Preface Introduction: Operation Barbarossa and its Consequences PART I: THE ALLIES Finland Hungary Romania Italy Slovakia Croatia PART II: THE VOLUNTEERS FROM NEUTRAL AND OCCUPIED TERRITORIES 7. Spain 8. France 9. Belgium 10. The Netherlands 11. Denmark 12. Norway PART III: THE EASTERN EUROPEAN NATIONS IN THE STRUGGLE AGAINST STALINISM 13. Estonia 14. Latvia 15. Lithuania 16. Poland 17. Belarus 18. Ukraine 19. Russia 20. The Caucasus Conclusion