The Resource Hitler's soldiers : the German army in the Third Reich, Ben H. Shepherd
Hitler's soldiers : the German army in the Third Reich, Ben H. Shepherd
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- Summary
- "For decades after 1945, it was generally believed that the German army, professional and morally decent, had largely stood apart from the SS, Gestapo, and other corps of the Nazi machine. Ben Shepherd draws on a wealth of primary sources and recent scholarship to convey a much darker, more complex picture. For the first time, the German army is examined throughout the Second World War, across all combat theaters and occupied regions, and from multiple perspectives: its battle performance, social composition, relationship with the Nazi state, and involvement in war crimes and military occupation. This was a true people's army, drawn from across German society and reflecting that society as it existed under the Nazis. Without the army and its conquests abroad, Shepherd explains, the Nazi regime could not have perpetrated its crimes against Jews, prisoners of war, and civilians in occupied countries. The author examines how the army was complicit in these crimes and why some soldiers, units, and higher commands were more complicit than others. Shepherd also reveals the reasons for the army's early battlefield successes and its mounting defeats up to 1945, the latter due not only to Allied superiority and Hitler's mismanagement as commander-in-chief, but also to the failings--moral, political, economic, strategic, and operational--of the army's own leadership"--
- Language
- eng
- Extent
- xxiii, 639 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates
- Contents
-
- The Army in the New Reich, 1933-36
- Road to War, 1936-39
- Poland, 1939-40
- "Sitzkrieg," 1939-40
- The Greatest Victory, 1940
- Occupying the West, 1940-41
- Planning Operation Barbarossa, 1940-41
- Barbarossa Unleashed, 1941
- Barbarossa Undone, 1941
- Resistance and Reaction, 1941 : Western Europe and Southeast Europe
- Winter Crisis, 1941-42
- The Desert War, 1941-42
- Southern Russia and Stalingrad, 1942-43
- Faces of Occupation, 1942-43 : The Soviet Union
- Faces of Occupation, 1942-43 : Western Europe and Southeast Europe
- The Initiative Lost, 1943
- Takeover in Southern Europe, 1943-44
- The Eastern Front, 1943-44 : The Ostheer Retreats
- The Eastern Front, 1943-44 : The Frontsoldat Endures
- Italy, 1943-44
- Fortress Europe Breached, 1943-44
- The Greatest Defeat, 1944
- The Army "Recovers," 1944-45
- The Army Self-Destructs, 1945
- Isbn
- 9780300179033
- Label
- Hitler's soldiers : the German army in the Third Reich
- Title
- Hitler's soldiers
- Title remainder
- the German army in the Third Reich
- Statement of responsibility
- Ben H. Shepherd
- Subject
-
- Command of troops
- Command of troops -- History -- 20th century
- Deutsches Reich, Wehrmacht
- Deutschland
- Deutschland, Wehrmacht
- Germany
- Germany | Heer | History | 20th century
- Germany | History | 1933-1945
- Germany | History, Military | 20th century
- Germany, Heer
- Germany, Heer
- Germany, Heer -- History -- World War, 1939-1945
- Germany, Heer -- Military life | History -- 20th century
- HISTORY -- Europe -- Germany
- HISTORY -- Europe | Germany
- HISTORY -- Military | Strategy
- HISTORY -- Military | Strategy
- 1900-1999
- HISTORY -- Military | World War II
- Heer
- History
- Military campaigns
- Military occupation
- Soldiers
- Soldiers -- Germany -- History -- 20th century
- War crimes
- War crimes -- Germany -- History -- 20th century
- Weltkrieg
- World War (1939-1945)
- World War, 1939-1945 -- Atrocities
- World War, 1939-1945 -- Campaigns
- World War, 1939-1945 -- Germany
- World War, 1939-1945 -- Occupied territories
- HISTORY -- Military | World War II
- Atrocities
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- "For decades after 1945, it was generally believed that the German army, professional and morally decent, had largely stood apart from the SS, Gestapo, and other corps of the Nazi machine. Ben Shepherd draws on a wealth of primary sources and recent scholarship to convey a much darker, more complex picture. For the first time, the German army is examined throughout the Second World War, across all combat theaters and occupied regions, and from multiple perspectives: its battle performance, social composition, relationship with the Nazi state, and involvement in war crimes and military occupation. This was a true people's army, drawn from across German society and reflecting that society as it existed under the Nazis. Without the army and its conquests abroad, Shepherd explains, the Nazi regime could not have perpetrated its crimes against Jews, prisoners of war, and civilians in occupied countries. The author examines how the army was complicit in these crimes and why some soldiers, units, and higher commands were more complicit than others. Shepherd also reveals the reasons for the army's early battlefield successes and its mounting defeats up to 1945, the latter due not only to Allied superiority and Hitler's mismanagement as commander-in-chief, but also to the failings--moral, political, economic, strategic, and operational--of the army's own leadership"--
- Assigning source
- Provided by publisher
- Cataloging source
- DLC
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- Shepherd, Ben
- Dewey number
- 940.54/1343
- Illustrations
-
- illustrations
- portraits
- plates
- Index
- no index present
- LC call number
- D757.1
- LC item number
- .S54 2016
- Literary form
- non fiction
- Nature of contents
- bibliography
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
-
- Germany
- Germany
- Germany
- Germany
- World War (1939-1945)
- Deutsches Reich
- Deutschland
- Soldiers
- World War, 1939-1945
- Command of troops
- World War, 1939-1945
- World War, 1939-1945
- World War, 1939-1945
- War crimes
- HISTORY
- HISTORY
- HISTORY
- HISTORY
- HISTORY
- HISTORY
- Atrocities
- Command of troops
- Military campaigns
- Military occupation
- Soldiers
- War crimes
- Germany
- Heer
- Weltkrieg
- Deutschland
- Label
- Hitler's soldiers : the German army in the Third Reich, Ben H. Shepherd
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 604-615)
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
-
- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
-
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Contents
- The Army in the New Reich, 1933-36 -- Road to War, 1936-39 -- Poland, 1939-40 -- "Sitzkrieg," 1939-40 -- The Greatest Victory, 1940 -- Occupying the West, 1940-41 -- Planning Operation Barbarossa, 1940-41 -- Barbarossa Unleashed, 1941 -- Barbarossa Undone, 1941 -- Resistance and Reaction, 1941 : Western Europe and Southeast Europe -- Winter Crisis, 1941-42 -- The Desert War, 1941-42 -- Southern Russia and Stalingrad, 1942-43 -- Faces of Occupation, 1942-43 : The Soviet Union -- Faces of Occupation, 1942-43 : Western Europe and Southeast Europe -- The Initiative Lost, 1943 -- Takeover in Southern Europe, 1943-44 -- The Eastern Front, 1943-44 : The Ostheer Retreats -- The Eastern Front, 1943-44 : The Frontsoldat Endures -- Italy, 1943-44 -- Fortress Europe Breached, 1943-44 -- The Greatest Defeat, 1944 -- The Army "Recovers," 1944-45 -- The Army Self-Destructs, 1945
- Control code
- ocn930798088
- Dimensions
- 24 cm
- Extent
- xxiii, 639 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates
- Isbn
- 9780300179033
- Lccn
- 2016003731
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- n
- Other control number
- 9780300179033
- Other physical details
- illustrations, portraits
- System control number
-
- (Sirsi) i9780300179033
- (OCoLC)930798088
- Label
- Hitler's soldiers : the German army in the Third Reich, Ben H. Shepherd
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 604-615)
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
-
- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
-
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Contents
- The Army in the New Reich, 1933-36 -- Road to War, 1936-39 -- Poland, 1939-40 -- "Sitzkrieg," 1939-40 -- The Greatest Victory, 1940 -- Occupying the West, 1940-41 -- Planning Operation Barbarossa, 1940-41 -- Barbarossa Unleashed, 1941 -- Barbarossa Undone, 1941 -- Resistance and Reaction, 1941 : Western Europe and Southeast Europe -- Winter Crisis, 1941-42 -- The Desert War, 1941-42 -- Southern Russia and Stalingrad, 1942-43 -- Faces of Occupation, 1942-43 : The Soviet Union -- Faces of Occupation, 1942-43 : Western Europe and Southeast Europe -- The Initiative Lost, 1943 -- Takeover in Southern Europe, 1943-44 -- The Eastern Front, 1943-44 : The Ostheer Retreats -- The Eastern Front, 1943-44 : The Frontsoldat Endures -- Italy, 1943-44 -- Fortress Europe Breached, 1943-44 -- The Greatest Defeat, 1944 -- The Army "Recovers," 1944-45 -- The Army Self-Destructs, 1945
- Control code
- ocn930798088
- Dimensions
- 24 cm
- Extent
- xxiii, 639 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates
- Isbn
- 9780300179033
- Lccn
- 2016003731
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- n
- Other control number
- 9780300179033
- Other physical details
- illustrations, portraits
- System control number
-
- (Sirsi) i9780300179033
- (OCoLC)930798088
Subject
- Command of troops
- Command of troops -- History -- 20th century
- Deutsches Reich, Wehrmacht
- Deutschland
- Deutschland, Wehrmacht
- Germany
- Germany | Heer | History | 20th century
- Germany | History | 1933-1945
- Germany | History, Military | 20th century
- Germany, Heer
- Germany, Heer
- Germany, Heer -- History -- World War, 1939-1945
- Germany, Heer -- Military life | History -- 20th century
- HISTORY -- Europe -- Germany
- HISTORY -- Europe | Germany
- HISTORY -- Military | Strategy
- HISTORY -- Military | Strategy
- 1900-1999
- HISTORY -- Military | World War II
- Heer
- History
- Military campaigns
- Military occupation
- Soldiers
- Soldiers -- Germany -- History -- 20th century
- War crimes
- War crimes -- Germany -- History -- 20th century
- Weltkrieg
- World War (1939-1945)
- World War, 1939-1945 -- Atrocities
- World War, 1939-1945 -- Campaigns
- World War, 1939-1945 -- Germany
- World War, 1939-1945 -- Occupied territories
- HISTORY -- Military | World War II
- Atrocities
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