A European anabasis : Western European volunteers in the German army and SS, 1940-1945 / / Kenneth W. Estes
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| Autore: |
Estes Kenneth W. <1947->
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| Titolo: |
A European anabasis : Western European volunteers in the German army and SS, 1940-1945 / / Kenneth W. Estes
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| Pubblicazione: | Solihull, West Midlands, England : , : Helion & Company, , 2015 |
| ©2014 | |
| Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (xv, 210 pages) : illustrations, maps |
| Disciplina: | 940.541343 |
| Soggetto topico: | Military service, Voluntary - Europe |
| World War, 1939-1945 - Germany | |
| World War, 1939-1945 - Collaborationists | |
| Foreign enlistment - Germany - History - 20th century | |
| Nota di bibliografia: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 192-204) and indexes. |
| Sommario/riassunto: | 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'. |
| Titolo autorizzato: | A European anabasis |
| ISBN: | 1-912174-25-1 |
| Formato: | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
| Record Nr.: | 9910795937203321 |
| Lo trovi qui: | Univ. Federico II |
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