Umfang:
1 Online-Ressource (xx, 375 pages)
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illustrations, maps, plans, portraits
ISBN:
9780691214160
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0691214166
Inhalt:
The prewar background : the development of the concentration camp system and the SS Totenkopfverbände -- The Polish campaign and the creation of the SS Totenkopfdivision -- Growing pains : December 1939-May 1940 -- The SS Totenkopfdivision and the battle of France -- The long interlude : occupation duty and transfer to the East -- The SS Totenkopfdivision and the war in Russia : June 1941-January 1942 -- The Soviet counteroffensive : encirclement in the Demyansk Pocket, January-October 1942 -- Perpetual crisis : the Führer's firemen, 1943-1945 -- Some observations : ideology, personality, and the question of Totenkopf criminality.
Inhalt:
Surveys the emergence of the Nazi SS and its Death's Head Division, noting the impact of this elite and powerful army upon military history
Anmerkung:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 351-362) and index
Weitere Ausg.:
ISBN 0691008531
Weitere Ausg.:
Erscheint auch als Druck-Ausgabe Sydnor, Charles W Soldiers of destruction Princeton ; Oxford : Princeton University Press, 1977
Sprache:
Englisch
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