A European anabasis : Western European volunteers in the German army and SS, 1940-1945 / Kenneth W. Estes.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Estes, Kenneth W., 1947- author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Military service, Voluntary--Europe.

Military service, Voluntary.

World War, 1939-1945--Germany.

World War, 1939-1945.

World War, 1939-1945--Collaborationists.

Foreign enlistment--Germany--History--20th century.

Foreign enlistment.

Germany. Heer--History--World War, 1939-1945.

Germany.

Germany. Heer--Reserves.

Nationalsozialistische Deutsche Arbeiter-Partei. Schutzstaffel--History.

Nationalsozialistische Deutsche Arbeiter-Partei.

Nationalsozialistische Deutsche Arbeiter-Partei. Schutzstaffel--Recruiting, enlistment, etc--World War, 1939-1945.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xv, 210 pages) : illustrations, maps

Place of Publication:

Solihull, West Midlands, England : Helion & Company, 2015.

Summary:

Kenneth Estes studies the 100,000 West Europeans who fought against Russia as volunteers for the Wehrmacht and Waffen-SS. A retired Marine Corps lieutenant colonel, Estes shows tremendous knowledge of combat and writes gripping battlefield prose. Two-thirds of the West European volunteers came from Spain and the Netherlands, yet Estes demonstrates wide range and covers Flemish, Walloon, French, Danish, and Norwegian combat units. Avoiding over-generalization, the author distinguishes carefully among the Danes and Flemings who fought competently with the SS-Wiking Division and later with Nordland, the courageous but poorly-armed Spanish, the ill-trained Dutch and French in Landstorm Nederland and SS-Charlemagne, and the Norwegians who after a first wave of enthusiasm held back altogether. Estes pulverizes the Nazi propaganda notion of a multinational European army defending 'Western civilization' against 'Bolshevism'.

Notes:

Description based on print version record.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 192-204) and indexes.

ISBN:

9781912174256

1912174251