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Nazi Rule and the Soviet Offensive in Eastern Germany, 1944-1945: The Darkest Hour
Alastair Noble
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Hardback. An examination of the final period of Nazi rule in Germany's eastern provinces at the end of the Second World War. It outlines the wartime role of this region and assesses the impact of Nazi 'popular mobilisation' initiatives during the closing months of the conflict. Num Pages: 382 pages, maps. BIC Classification: 1DFG; 1DVU; 3JJH; HBJD; HBLW; HBWQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 252 x 178 x 28. Weight in Grams: 880.
This is a groundbreaking English-language examination of the final period of Nazi rule in Germany's eastern provinces at the end of the Second World War. It outlines the wartime role of this region and assesses the impact of Nazi 'popular mobilisation' initiatives during the closing months of the conflict. Major projects such as the preparation of the Ostwall defences and the raising of the Volkssturm (Home Guard) are examined in depth. The book concludes by weighing up the importance of propaganda and coercion to the Nazi regime as it attempted to prolong its existence in the face of crushing military ... Read more
This is a groundbreaking English-language examination of the final period of Nazi rule in Germany's eastern provinces at the end of the Second World War. It outlines the wartime role of this region and assesses the impact of Nazi 'popular mobilisation' initiatives during the closing months of the conflict. Major projects such as the preparation of the Ostwall defences and the raising of the Volkssturm (Home Guard) are examined in depth. The book concludes by weighing up the importance of propaganda and coercion to the Nazi regime as it attempted to prolong its existence in the face of crushing military ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
Liverpool University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
382
Condition
New
Number of Pages
382
Place of Publication
Liverpool, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781845192853
SKU
V9781845192853
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99-50
About Alastair Noble
Alastair Noble has been a Historian in the Foreign and Commonwealth Office since 2002, previously working at The National Archives, Kew. This, his second book, is based on a major revision of his PhD thesis, 'Propaganda, Morale and Flight: Germany's eastern provinces, summer 1944spring 1945', which was examined by the late Professor John Erickson, the foremost western authority on the ... Read more
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