The Blue Division : Spanish blood in Russia, 1941-1945 /

This book, translated from the original Spanish, is the primary academic and historical study of the Blue Division-a Falangist initiative involving the dispatch of some 40,000 Spanish combatants (more than a half of whom paid with their lives, health, or liberty) to the Russian Front during the Seco...

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Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Moreno Julià, Xavier (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Español
Publicado: Brighton ; Chicago : Sussex Academic Press, 2015.
Colección:Cañada Blanch/Sussex Academic studies on contemporary Spain.
Temas:
Germany. > Heer. > Infanteriedivision (1941-1943), 250. > History.
Germany. > Heer. > Infanteriedivision (1941-1943), 250
1939-1945
World War, 1939-1945 > Campaigns > Soviet Union.
World War, 1939-1945 > Spain.
World War, 1939-1945 > Regimental histories > Germany.
Guerre mondiale, 1939-1945 > Espagne.
Guerre mondiale, 1939-1945 > Histoire des unités > Allemagne.
HISTORY > Europe > Western.
Military campaigns
Regimental histories
Germany
Soviet Union
Spain
History
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Front Cover
  • Dedication
  • Title Page
  • Copyright
  • Contents
  • The Cañada Blanch Centre for Contemporary Spanish Studies
  • Series Editor's Preface
  • List of Illustations, Maps and Tables
  • Acknowledgements
  • Acronyms and Abbreviations
  • Note on Vocabulary
  • Introduction
  • 1 The Third Reich, Franco, the Falange, and the Army: The Months before the Formation of the Blue Division
  • Reflections and Memories
  • The Falange and the Army: Accumulated Tensions and Pro-German Attitudes Shared Until May 1941
  • The Falange
  • The Army
  • German Diplomacy in Spain
  • German Diplomatic Representation in Spain
  • German Diplomatic Activity in Spain
  • Germany and Spain Face the War
  • Operation "Sea Lion"
  • Operation "Felix"
  • The Crisis of May 1941 As Seen by German Diplomacy
  • The Outbreak of the Crisis
  • Appointments, Resignations, and Changes
  • Franco's Third Cabinet
  • The Result and Evaluation of the Crisis
  • The Dismissal of Gerardo Salvador Merino: Epilogue to the Crisis of May 1941
  • The German Model to Imitate
  • An Unexpected Legal Action
  • 2 Creation of the Blue Division
  • Invasion of the Soviet Union
  • Birth of the Blue Division
  • Five days to Form an Idea: From 22 to 26 June 1941
  • Recruitment of Volunteers
  • The Evolution of the Recruitment and its Sociopolitical Context: From 27 June 27 to 2 July 1941
  • The Result of the Recruitment (Support, Reservations, and Inhibitions Relating to the Enlistment)
  • Between Spain and Germany
  • Gathering the Volunteers in Spain
  • The Blue Division is Provisionally Structured
  • The First Contacts of the Blue Division in Germany
  • The Street and Diplomacy during the First Two Weeks of July 1941
  • The Journey to Bavaria
  • 3 The Military Campaign of the Blue Division
  • Before Combat Began (From July to October 1941)
  • Development of the War
  • The Grafenwöhr Military Camp.
  • Fifty-three Days on the Road
  • Combat
  • The War from October 1941
  • Into Combat: The Offensive to the East of the River Volkhov
  • Fortification on the West Bank of the River Volkhov
  • Operation "Predator" and its Impact on the Blue Division
  • Last Actions on the Volkhov Front
  • Leningrad: A New Front
  • The Fighting During 1943
  • The Last Six Months on the Front
  • The Relief of the Blue Division: The Birth of the Blue Legion
  • The Blue Legion
  • The Clandestine War
  • 4 The Rearguard of the Blue Division
  • Prior to Combat (July tO October 1941)
  • The Grafenwöhr Military Camp
  • Fifty-three Days on the Road
  • Combat in 1941
  • Combat in 1942
  • The Petition for Rest and Recuperation
  • German Recognition, and Changes in the Blue Division
  • The Political End of Ramón Serrano Suñer
  • The Replacement of Muñoz Grandes
  • Combat in 1943
  • The End of the Blue Division
  • The Blue Legion
  • The Birth of the Blue Legion
  • The Campaign of the Blue Legion
  • The Move to the Rear and the Repatriation of the Blue Legion
  • The Clandestine Fight
  • 5 The Costs and Consequences of the Blue Division
  • The Human Cost
  • The Dead and Disappeared
  • The Sick, Wounded, and Disabled
  • The Deserters and Those Returned for Alleged Disaffection
  • The Prisoners
  • Captivity
  • The Negotiations for Liberation and Repatriation
  • Liberation and Return
  • Barcelona
  • Some Repercussions of the Semiramis Repatriations
  • The Later Repatriations
  • The Cost of Health Care
  • The Provision of Healthcare Services During the War (1941-1945)
  • Spanish Welfare Benefits
  • German Welfare Benefits
  • Social Assistance After the War (1945-1995)
  • The Continuation of Spanish Welfare Provisions
  • The Restoration of German Welfare Benefits
  • The Material Cost
  • The Income of the Divisionarios
  • The Cost of the Blue Division.
  • Conclusion: The Historic Significance of the Blue Division
  • Political Significance
  • Internal politics
  • External politics
  • Economic Significance
  • Military Significance
  • Social Significance
  • Human Significance
  • Appendices (Pages 384-415)
  • 1 Russian, Byelorussian, and Ukrainian volunteers enlisted in the Blue Division, with biographical notes
  • 2 Provisional structure of the Blue Division (Madrid, July 1941)
  • 3 First transport expeditions of troops of the Blue Division to Germany (July 1941)
  • 4 Commanders of the Blue Division in Germany (Grafenwöhr Camp, July 1941)
  • 5 Summary of forces of the Blue Division at the front (Russia, February 1942)
  • 6 Commanders of the Blue Legion
  • 7 Alphabetical list of volunteers who fought clandestinely in the Wehrmacht, or in the Waffen SS, registered by the German Embassy in Madrid, with an indication of their military rank
  • 8 Alphabetical list of prisoners in the Soviet Unión repatriated in April 1954 on the ship SS Semiramis, with an indication of their place and province of residence
  • 9 Monthly amounts paid to divisionarios from German funds in the case of their not having children, and having been at the front, with an indication of their pay scale
  • 10 Monthly amounts of the lifetime pensions payable by the Third Reich to members of the Blue Division for permanent injury, according to the grade of disability and their civil status
  • 11 Monthly amount paid by the Third Reich to beneficiaries in respect of death in service in the Blue Division
  • 12 Articles of the German-Spanish Convention of May 1962 on benefits derived from service in the Blue Division
  • 13 List of the number of beneficiaries by year and pension supplements paid by Germany between 1965 and 1994 to the disabled of the Blue Division, and total amounts paid
  • Notes
  • Primary Sources
  • Bibliography
  • Index.

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