Hitler's Volkssturm : the Nazi Militia and the fall of Germany, 1944-1945 /

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"Pressed by advancing enemy armies on both fronts, Adolf Hitler played his final card in World War II by mobilizing all German civilian males between sixteen and sixty and indoctrinating them for a final apocalyptic defense of the Reich. The Volkssturm, created as much to boost national morale...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Yelton, David K., 1960-
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Lawrence, Kan. : University Press of Kansas, Ã2002.
Series:Modern war studies.
Subjects:
Nationalsozialistische Deutsche Arbeiter-Partei. > Deutscher Volkssturm > History.
Nationalsozialistische Deutsche Arbeiter-Partei. > Deutscher Volkssturm
Deutsches Reich > Volkssturm
1933-1945
World War, 1939-1945 > Germany.
Guerre mondiale, 1939-1945 > Allemagne.
HISTORY > Europe > Western.
Tweede Wereldoorlog.
Milities.
Germany > History, Military.
Germany > History > 1933-1945.
Allemagne > Histoire militaire.
Allemagne > Histoire > 1933-1945.
Germany
History
Military history
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • 1. Founding the Volkssturm
  • 2. "Ein Volk steht auf": The Volkssturm in National Socialist Strategy, Ideology, and Propaganda
  • 3. National Administration
  • 4. Local Administration
  • 5. The Aufgebot System: Personnel Classification
  • 6. Partisans or Combatants? The Volkssturm's Legal Identity
  • 7. Preparing for Battle
  • 8. Defending the Reich's Eastern Front
  • 9. Defending the Reich's Western Front.

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