Название: Joining Hitler's Crusade: European Nations and the Invasion of the Soviet Union, 1941
Автор: David Stahel
Издательство: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 1316510344
Год: 2018
Формат: PDF
Страниц: 454
Для сайта: litgu.ru
Размер: 4,6 МБ
Язык: Английский
The reasons behind Hitler's invasion of the Soviet Union are well known, but what about those of the other Axis and non-Axis powers that joined Operation Barbarossa? Six other European armies fought with the Wehrmacht in 1941 and six more countries sent volunteers, as well as there being countless collaborators in the east of various nationalities who were willing to work with the Germans in 1941. The political, social and military context behind why so many nations and groups of volunteers opted to join Hitler's war in the east reflects the many diverse, and largely unknown, roads that led to Operation Barbarossa. With each chapter dealing with a new country and every author being a subject matter expert on that nation, proficient in the local language and historiography, this fascinating new study offers unparalleled insight into non-German participation on the Eastern Front in 1941.