Under Himmler's command : the personal recollections of Oberst Hans-Georg Eismann, operations officer, army group Vistula, Eastern Front 1945 / Hans-Georg Eismann ; translated and edited by Frederick P. Steinhardt.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Eismann, Hans-Georg.

Contributor:

Steinhardt, Frederick P.

Series:

Helion WWII German military studies ; v. 2.

Helion WWII German military studies ; v. 2

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

World War, 1939-1945--Personal narratives.

World War, 1939-1945.

Himmler, Heinrich, 1900-1945.

Himmler, Heinrich.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (145 p.)

Place of Publication:

Solihull, West Midlands, England : Helion, 2010, c2009.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Under Himmler's Command addresses two areas of World War II hitherto neglected - Heinrich Himmler as a military commander, and the German staff officer corps during the last months of the war on the Eastern Front. The author, Hans-Georg Eismann, was the Operations Officer for Army Group Vistula, a German formation created in late January 1945 to which Heinrich Himmler was appointed as commander. Eismann's memoir of this period has remained unpublished for over fifty years, and its wider circulation is long overdue. Full of fascinating detail he recounts the disturbing and sometimes bizarre atm

Contents:

Translator's Note; Editor's Foreword; Introductory Letters; Military Biographical Notes on the Author; Part I; Part II; Part III; Part IV; Part V; Part VI; Part VII; Part VIII; Part IX; Part X; Part XI; Part XII; Part XIII; Part XIV; Part XV; Part XVI; Part XVII; Appendix: Order of Battle Heeresgruppe 'Weichsel'; Glossary of military terms; Glossary of alternative place names; Bibliography

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references.

ISBN:

9781908916440

1908916443

OCLC:

797915852