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Estes Kenneth W. <1947-> |
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A European anabasis : Western European volunteers in the German army and SS, 1940-1945 / / Kenneth W. Estes |
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Solihull, West Midlands, England : , : Helion & Company, , 2015 |
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©2014 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (xv, 210 pages) : illustrations, maps |
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Military service, Voluntary - Europe |
World War, 1939-1945 - Germany |
World War, 1939-1945 - Collaborationists |
Foreign enlistment - Germany - History - 20th century |
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Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 192-204) and indexes. |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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Kenneth Estes studies the 100,000 West Europeans who fought against Russia as volunteers for the Wehrmacht and Waffen-SS. A retired Marine Corps lieutenant colonel, Estes shows tremendous knowledge of combat and writes gripping battlefield prose. Two-thirds of the West European volunteers came from Spain and the Netherlands, yet Estes demonstrates wide range and covers Flemish, Walloon, French, Danish, and Norwegian combat units. Avoiding over-generalization, the author distinguishes carefully among the Danes and Flemings who fought competently with the SS-Wiking Division and later with Nordland, the courageous but poorly-armed Spanish, the ill-trained Dutch and French in Landstorm Nederland and SS-Charlemagne, and the Norwegians who after a first wave of enthusiasm held back altogether. Estes pulverizes the Nazi propaganda notion of a multinational European army defending 'Western civilization' against 'Bolshevism'. |
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