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The SS Hunter Battalions: The Hidden History of the Nazi Resistance Movement 1944-45

Door Perry Biddiscombe

Categorie	WO II
Boeknummer	#378656-VD40
Titel	The SS Hunter Battalions: The Hidden History of the Nazi Resistance Movement 1944-45
Auteur	Biddiscombe, Perry
Boektype	Paperback
Uitgeverij	Stroud : Tempus Publishing
Jaar van uitgave	2006
ISBN10	0752439383
ISBN13	9780752439389
Taal	Engels
Beschrijving	Paperback, illustrated with some photographs in b/w, 8vo.
Samenvatting	Conventional wisdom suggests that the Allies and the Soviets were the only side in the Second World War to support resistance movements in occupied countries. However, based on recently-released archival sources, The SS Hunter Battalions shows that Hitler had his own version of the SOE and the OSS, and that the Nazis too encouraged underground resistance against their enemies, especially as Europe was liberated in 1944-45. The Nazis tried to exploit the misguided activism of ex-collaborators, ethnic nationalists and rabid anti-communists, but their efforts were clumsy and they were hamstrung by the sordid reputation that they had gained as wartime occupiers. In addition, the German commandos and spy-masters in charge of the project hindered their own efforts through infighting, ill-discipl... (Lees verder)ine and a misconceived appreciation of their ability to motivate violent dissent. Nonetheless, the Germans supported as many as 700,000 anti-Soviet partisans during the last year of the war, and even in liberated France and Italy they bolstered small anti-Allied cells and bands. As Perry Biddiscombe demonstrates, such efforts were not mere transitory occurrences, but touched upon the origin of die Cold War and the roots of postwar 'Euro-fascism'.
Pagina's	446
Conditie	Goed
Prijs	€ 15,00

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