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The Wehrmacht: History, Myth, Reality

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Description for The Wehrmacht: History, Myth, Reality Paperback. Provides a re-examination of the role of the German army, the Wehrmacht, in World War II. This book explodes the myth of a "clean" Wehrmacht. Translator(s): Schneider, Deborah Lucas. Num Pages: 400 pages. BIC Classification: 1DFG; HBJD; HBWQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 217 x 143 x 27. Weight in Grams: 474.
This book is a profound reexamination of the role of the German army, the Wehrmacht, in World War II. Until very recently, the standard story avowed that the ordinary German soldier in World War II was a good soldier, distinct from Hitler's rapacious SS troops, and not an accomplice to the massacres of civilians. Wolfram Wette, a preeminent German military historian, explodes the myth of a clean Wehrmacht with devastating clarity. This book reveals the Wehrmacht's long-standing prejudices against Jews, Slavs, and Bolsheviks, beliefs that predated the prophecies of Mein Kampf and the paranoia of ... Read more

Product Details

Publisher
Harvard University Press United States
Number of pages
400
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Condition
New
Weight
474g
Number of Pages
400
Place of Publication
Cambridge, Mass, United States
ISBN
9780674025776
SKU
V9780674025776
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Ref
99-1

About Wolfram Wette
Wolfram Wette is Professor of Contemporary History at the University of Freiburg, Germany.

Reviews for The Wehrmacht: History, Myth, Reality
The conventional wisdom that the German army in WWII fought a relatively clean fight, unsullied by the atrocities committed by the Nazi SS, has recently been challenged and largely demolished. This probing study explores the rise and fall of that myth in the light of scholarship debunking it...Wette's hard-hitting indictment also emphasizes the broad culpability of German society for the ... Read more

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