Comrades : the Wehrmacht from within / Felix Römer ; translated from the German by Alex J. Kay

Author:: Römer, Felix, 1978-
Published:: Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2019.
Edition:: First edition.
Physical Description:: viii, 383 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Additional Creators:: Kay, Alex J.

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Contents:

Machine generated contents note: 1.Revealing Conversations -- 2.Captivity -- 3.Ideology -- 4.Soldierly Ethos -- 5.Comradeship -- 6.Fighting Spirit -- 7.Troop Leaders -- 8.Fighting and Killing -- 9.War Crimes -- 10.The Hard Core.

Summary:

Comrades' is a new history of the mentalities of ordinary Wehrmacht soldiers, based on recently discovered intelligence records from the American interrogation camp Fort Hunt near Washington, where German prisoners of war were interned and secretly listened in on during the Second World War. US Military Intelligence captured tens of thousands of open conversations between Wehrmacht soldiers and recorded them in verbatim transcripts. The resulting collection offers new insights into the thinking and worldviews of ordinary members of Hitler's armed forces - their attitudes towards National Socialism and the 'Fuhrer', their views of the war and their experiences during the fighting, and their knowledge of and participation in war crimes and the Holocaust. The0accompanying biographical information reveals how their mindsets were connected to their individual paths through the Third Reich, the Wehrmacht, and the war. The book offers a nuanced and realistic account of life in the Wehrmacht, based on unique source material, which allows us to see the Second World War through the eyes of the protagonists.

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History

ISBN:

0198797095 hardback
9780198797098 hardback

Bibliography Note:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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