The forest brotherhood : Baltic resistance against the Nazis and Soviets / Dan Kaszeta.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Kaszeta, Dan, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

World War, 1939-1945--Underground movements--Baltic States.

World War, 1939-1945.

War--Underground movements.

Baltic States--History--1940-1991.

Baltic States.

Genre:

History

Physical Description:

xxvii, 294 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

London : Hurst & Company, 2023.

Summary:

"A common view is that the Second World War in Europe ended in May 1945. But fighting continued for over a decade in the Baltic states. Stuck between two totalitarian regimes-Stalin's USSR and Hitler's Reich-the populations of Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania had been subjected to a brutal Soviet occupation in 1940, Nazi invasion in 1941, and Soviet re-occupation in 1944, falsely branded as 'liberation'. Variously labelled 'freedom fighters' or 'Nazi bandits' by historians, the Baltic partisans who would become known as the Forest Brothers fought a long campaign against occupation that eventually failed under the might of the USSR. Much of this history of armed resistance, which was also a front in the intelligence war between East and West, is little known outside the region. Treachery, betrayal, heroism and lost futures all play a role in this fascinating tale, as Dan Kaszeta explores themes of independence, nationalism, Baltic identity, the fluidity of boundaries in Eastern Europe, and the comparative weight of Nazi and Soviet oppression."-- Front flap

Contents:

The Baltics between Germany and Russia

The partisan war begins in earnest

Helping and hindering armed resistance

After the forest brotherhood debates, revisionism, legacy.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 265-270) and index.

Other Format:

Online version: Kaszeta, Dan. Forest Brotherhood.

ISBN:

9781787389397

1787389391

OCLC:

1346615268

Publisher Number:

99996327674