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Hitler's Volkssturm
David K. Yelton
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Description for Hitler's Volkssturm
Hardcover. Pressed by advancing enemy armies on both fronts, Adolf Hitler mobilized all German civilian males between 16 and 60. David Yelton offers insights into why the German high command sought this means to prolong an unwinnable war - and why so many civilians chose to fight to the bitter end. Series: Modern War Studies. Num Pages: 332 pages, 34 photographs. BIC Classification: 1DFG; 3JJH; HBJD; HBWQ; JWD; JWL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 159 x 31. Weight in Grams: 658.
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 16 and 60 and indoctrinating them for a final apocalyptic defence of the Reich. The Volkssturm, created as much to boost national morale as to bolster sagging defences, has been viewed as a negligible factor in the war. David Yelton counters that view with insights into why the German high command sought this means to prolong an unwinnable war - and why so many civilians chose to fight to the bitter end. This work on ... Read more
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 16 and 60 and indoctrinating them for a final apocalyptic defence of the Reich. The Volkssturm, created as much to boost national morale as to bolster sagging defences, has been viewed as a negligible factor in the war. David Yelton counters that view with insights into why the German high command sought this means to prolong an unwinnable war - and why so many civilians chose to fight to the bitter end. This work on ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
University Press of Kansas United States
Number of pages
332
Condition
New
Series
Modern War Studies
Number of Pages
332
Place of Publication
Kansas, United States
ISBN
9780700611928
SKU
V9780700611928
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About David K. Yelton
David K. Yelton is professor of history at Gardner-Webb University in Boiling Springs, North Carolina.
Reviews for Hitler's Volkssturm
A valuable and deeply researched study that contributes to our understanding of the Third Reich's final decline. GEOFFREY P. MEGARGEE, AUTHOR OF INSIDE HITLER'S HIGH COMMAND ""Yelton's painstaking scholarship demolishes a spectrum of myths about the Third Reich's last-stand home defense force. Ultimately, its poor performance reflected the German people's unwillingness to follow the nihilistic demand to choose death over ... Read more