Hitler's soldiers : the German army in the Third Reich
Shepherd, Ben (Ben H.)2017
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Place reservation for Hitler's soldiers : the German army in the Third ReichA penetrating study of the German army's military campaigns, relations with the Nazi regime, and complicity in Nazi crimes across occupied Europe for decades after 1945, it was generally believed that the German army, professional and morally decent, had largely stood apart from the SS, Gestapo, and other corps of the Nazi machine. Ben Shepherd draws on a wealth of primary sources and recent scholarship to convey a much darker, more complex picture. For the first time, the German army is examined throughout the Second World War, across all combat theaters and occupied regions, and from multiple perspectives: its battle performance, social composition, relationship with the Nazi state, and involvement in war crimes and military occupation. This was a true people's army, drawn from across German society and reflecting that society as it existed under the Nazis. Without the army and its conquests abroad, Shepherd explains, the Nazi regime could not have perpetrated its crimes against Jews, prisoners of war, and civilians in occupied countries. The author examines how the army was complicit in these crimes and why some soldiers, units, and higher commands were more complicit than others.
Main title:
Hitler's soldiers : the German army in the Third Reich / Ben H. Shepherd.
Author:
Shepherd, Ben (Ben H.), author
Imprint:
New Haven, [Conn.] London Yale University Press, 2017.©2016.
Collation:
xxiii, 639 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, maps, portraits ; 22 cm.
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:
9780300228809
Dewey class:
940.541343940.5413
Language:
English
Subject:
Germany. Heer -- History -- World War, 1939-1945Germany. Heer -- Military life -- History -- 20th centurySoldiers -- Germany -- History -- 20th centuryWorld War, 1939-1945 -- AtrocitiesWorld War, 1939-1945 -- GermanyCommand of troops -- History -- 20th centuryWorld War, 1939-1945 -- Occupied territoriesWar crimes -- Germany -- History -- 20th centuryWorld War, 1939-1945 -- Campaigns
BRN:
11060
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