A European anabasis : Western European volunteers in the German army and SS, 1940-1945 / Kenneth W. Estes.
Author/creator |
Estes, Kenneth W., 1947- |
Format | Electronic and Book |
Publication Info | Solihull : Helion, 2015. |
Description | xv, 210 pages : illustrations, maps, portraits ; 25 cm |
Supplemental Content | Full text available from Ebook Central - Academic Complete |
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Portion of title | Western European volunteers in the German army and SS, 1940-1945 |
Abstract | 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'. |
Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references(pages 192-204) and indexes. |
Access restriction | Available only to authorized users. |
Technical details | Mode of access: World Wide Web |
Genre/form | Electronic books. |
LCCN | 2014466267 |
ISBN | 9781909384521 |
ISBN | 1909384526 |
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