LEADER 02477nam 2200469 450 001 9910795937203321 005 20230807213425.0 010 $a1-912174-25-1 035 $a(CKB)3710000001442149 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC4915736 035 $a(EXLCZ)993710000001442149 100 $a20200103h20152014 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurcnu|||||||| 181 $ctxt$2rdacontent 182 $cc$2rdamedia 183 $acr$2rdacarrier 200 12$aA European anabasis $eWestern European volunteers in the German army and SS, 1940-1945 /$fKenneth W. Estes 210 1$aSolihull, West Midlands, England :$cHelion & Company,$d2015. 210 4$dİ2014 215 $a1 online resource (xv, 210 pages) $cillustrations, maps 311 $a1-911628-35-6 311 $a1-909384-52-6 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references (pages 192-204) and indexes. 330 $aKenneth 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'. 606 $aMilitary service, Voluntary$zEurope 606 $aWorld War, 1939-1945$zGermany 606 $aWorld War, 1939-1945$xCollaborationists 606 $aForeign enlistment$zGermany$xHistory$y20th century 615 0$aMilitary service, Voluntary 615 0$aWorld War, 1939-1945 615 0$aWorld War, 1939-1945$xCollaborationists. 615 0$aForeign enlistment$xHistory 676 $a940.541343 700 $aEstes$b Kenneth W.$f1947-$0879194 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910795937203321 996 $aA European anabasis$93839951 997 $aUNINA