A European anabasis : Western European volunteers in the German army and SS, 1940-1945 /
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...
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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Solihull, West Midlands, England :
Helion Company,
2015
Solihull, West Midlands, England : Helion & Company, 2015 |
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| Summary: | 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' |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (xv, 210 pages) : illustrations, maps |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 192-204) and indexes |
| ISBN: | 1-912174-25-1 9781912174256 (e-book) |
| Access: | Access restricted by licensing agreement |