02477nam 2200469 450 991079593720332120230807213425.01-912174-25-1(CKB)3710000001442149(MiAaPQ)EBC4915736(EXLCZ)99371000000144214920200103h20152014 uy 0engurcnu||||||||txtrdacontentcrdamediacrrdacarrierA European anabasis Western European volunteers in the German army and SS, 1940-1945 /Kenneth W. EstesSolihull, West Midlands, England :Helion & Company,2015.©20141 online resource (xv, 210 pages) illustrations, maps1-911628-35-6 1-909384-52-6 Includes bibliographical references (pages 192-204) and indexes.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'.Military service, VoluntaryEuropeWorld War, 1939-1945GermanyWorld War, 1939-1945CollaborationistsForeign enlistmentGermanyHistory20th centuryMilitary service, VoluntaryWorld War, 1939-1945World War, 1939-1945Collaborationists.Foreign enlistmentHistory940.541343Estes Kenneth W.1947-879194MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910795937203321A European anabasis3839951UNINA