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Hitler S Police Battalions

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Author : Edward B. Westermann
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2005

Hitler S Police Battalions written by Edward B. Westermann and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2005 with History categories.

When the German Wehrmacht swarmed across Eastern Europe, an elite corps followed close at its heels. Along with the SS and Gestapo, the Ordnungspolizei, or Uniformed Police, played a central role in Nazi genocide that until now has been generally neglected by historians of the war. Beginning with the invasion of Poland, the Uniformed Police were charged with following the army to curb resistance, pacify the countryside, patrol Jewish ghettos, and generally maintain order in the conquered territories. Edward Westermann examines how this force emerged as a primary instrument of annihilation, responsible for the murder of hundreds of thousands of the Third Reich's political and racial enemies. In Hitler's Police Battalions he reveals how the institutional mindset of these "ordinary policemen" allowed them to commit atrocities without a second thought. To uncover the story of how the German national police were fashioned into a corps of political soldiers, Westermann reveals initiatives pursued before the war by Heinrich Himmler and Kurt Daluege to create a culture within the existing police forces that fostered anti-Semitism and anti-Communism as institutional norms. Challenging prevailing interpretations of German culture, Westermann draws on extensive archival research—including the testimony of former policemen—to illuminate this transformation and the callous organizational culture that emerged. Purged of dissidents, indoctrinated to idolize Hitler, and trained in military combat, these police battalions-often numbering several hundred men-repeatedly conducted actions against Jews, Slavs, gypsies, asocials, and other groups on their own initiative, even when they had the choice not to. In addition to documenting these atrocities, Westermann examines cooperation between the Ordnungspolizei and the SS and Gestapo, and the close relationship between police and Wehrmacht in the conduct of the anti-partisan campaign of annihilation. Throughout, Westermann stresses the importance of ideological indoctrination and organizational initiatives within specific groups. It was the organizational culture of the Uniformed Police, he maintains, and not German culture in general that led these men to commit genocide. Hitler's Police Battalions provides the most complete and comprehensive study to date of this neglected branch of Himmler's SS and Police empire and adds a new dimension to our understanding of the Holocaust and the war on the Eastern front.

Hitler Strikes Poland

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Author : Alexander B. Rossino
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2003

Hitler Strikes Poland written by Alexander B. Rossino and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2003 with History categories.

Usually given short shrift in most histories of World War II, Hitler's invasion of Poland was more than a series of opening salvos; it was a testing ground for German brutalities to come. This is a comprehensive study of the campaign, including insights into its ideological underpinnings.

Holocaust Perpetrators Of The German Police Battalions

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Author : Ian Rich
language : en
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing
Release Date : 2018-05-03

Holocaust Perpetrators Of The German Police Battalions written by Ian Rich and has been published by Bloomsbury Publishing this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2018-05-03 with History categories.

Holocaust Perpetrators of the German Police Battalions is the first comprehensive English-language study of the structures and actions of German Police battalions in Poland and Ukraine between 1940 and 1942. Using these case studies, Ian Rich draws attention to the actions and motivations of individual lower-ranking policemen who participated in the mass murder of Jews during the Holocaust. He illuminates their pivotal roles as organizers, educators and role models, and the ways they were able to influence their subordinates to carry out these atrocities. This book transcends anonymous group portraits and provides a micro-historical portrait of individual killers that offers broader insights into the overall actions of the SS and police under Heinrich Himmler. Rich's comprehensive analysis of SS and police personnel records and post-war trial investigations reveals the method by which police battalions were transformed into instruments of mass murder in the occupied east during the Second World War. This book is essential to all students and scholars of Holocaust studies, Jewish studies and the Second World War.

Hitler S Green Army Western Europe And Scandinavia

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Author : Antonio J. Muñoz
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2005

Hitler S Green Army Western Europe And Scandinavia written by Antonio J. Muñoz and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2005 with Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945) categories.

Hitler S Renegades

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Author : Christopher Ailsby
language : en
Publisher: Spellmount, Limited Publishers
Release Date : 2004

Hitler S Renegades written by Christopher Ailsby and has been published by Spellmount, Limited Publishers this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2004 with History categories.

Examines the motivation and reasons as to why two million foreign volunteers joined the German Army and Waffen-SS from countries as far as India to the Balkans.

Hitler S Foreign Divisions

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Author : Chris Bishop
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2005

Hitler S Foreign Divisions written by Chris Bishop and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2005 with History categories.

The divisions of the Waffen-SS were the elite of Hitler's armies in World War II, but some of the most fanatical of these were not even German. SS: Hitler's Foreign Divisions is an in-depth examination of the approximately 350,000 foreign volunteers from German-occupied countries who opted to fight for the Third Reich as members of the Waffen-SS. The book explores the background to their recruitment and describes-on a unit-by-unit basis-their history, structure, and combat record in the war. Despite their non-Germanic background, the Norwegians, Dutch, Danes, Belgians, Latvians, Estonians, Cossacks, Ukrainians, and other nationalities-often motivated by an extreme anti-Communist zeal- fought hard on the Eastern Front for the Nazi cause, even when their position was hopeless. Often treated badly by their German commanders, the foreign SS units were not all excellent combat formations, however. some, like the British and Indian volunteers, were used for propaganda purposes only, while others, like the notorious Dirlewanger Brigade, who helped brutally suppress the Warsaw Rising, were nothing more than murderous criminals in uniform. Other divisions-such as the Russian-recruited 30th Waffen- Grenadier Division der SS, formed in the final months of the war-never reached a functional strength, and were disbanded before they saw action. Illustrated with rare photographs and written by an acknowledged expert, SS: Hitler's Foreign Divisions is a definitive history of the foreign SS units who fought for Hitler and Germany in World War II.

Death Of The Wehrmacht

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Author : Robert Michael Citino
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2007

Death Of The Wehrmacht written by Robert Michael Citino and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2007 with History categories.

A deft, lively, and highly readable history of the demise of the German way of war. As the allies found an antidote to the "shock and awe" approach of the Wehrmacht, the once mighty German army underwent an epic fall from remarkable operational victories to crushing operational defeats, forced to take on a defensive stance in a war it could never win.

The Hidden And Forbidden History Of Latvia Under Soviet And Nazi Occupations 1940 1991

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Author : Valters Nollendorfs
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2005

The Hidden And Forbidden History Of Latvia Under Soviet And Nazi Occupations 1940 1991 written by Valters Nollendorfs and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2005 with History categories.

Hitler S Central European Empire 1938 1945

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Author : Jean W. Sedlar
language : en
Publisher: Booklocker.com
Release Date : 2007

Hitler S Central European Empire 1938 1945 written by Jean W. Sedlar and has been published by Booklocker.com this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2007 with History categories.

This unique book offers the first comprehensive overview and analysis of World War II in the often neglected region of northern Europe lying between Germany and the Soviet Union, namely, Poland, Hungary, Czechoslovakia, the Baltic States, and Finland.

The Journal Of Military History

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Author :
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2005

The Journal Of Military History written by and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2005 with Electronic journals categories.