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Germany and the Second World War Volume IX I: German Wartime Society 1939-1945: Politicization, Disintegr and the...
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by Ralf Blank, Jorg Echternkamp, Karola Fings, and Jurgen Forster
Sales Rank: 1254886
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List Price: $330.00
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Review from previous edition REVIEW OF OTHER VOLUMES IN SERIES
`'A meticulous, scholarly perspective on the conflict from Germany's side' ' Max Hastings, Evening Standard
`'Brilliant analysis of how Germany fought its war'' Max Hastings, Evening Standard
`'authoritative and lavishly produced set of studies, co-authored in the present case by a half-dozen of the Federal Republic's leading military historiansKlink's over two-hundred-page summary of the actual conduct of operationsis a model of its kind. The translation reads flawlessly.' ' International History Review
`'monumental study of Germany and the Second World War' ' Victor Rothwell, History
`'It is a monumental work that provides extensive, copiously annotated, and cartographically illustrated coverage of the background, planning, and execution of the German attack and the Soviet responsea volume that almost certainly is the closest thing there ever will be to a definitively authoritative history of the opening phase of the German campaign that represented a turning point in the history of the war and of the world in the twentieth century.' ' World War II Studies Association
`'An indispensable new dimension is added to our understanding of the conflictdescribes events in ruthless detail from the view point of the Third Reich' ' The Evening Standard
`'I assure you all that it is worth every penny! This one volume seems to be destined to become THE definitive study on the German planning and invasion of the Societ Union for decades to come. The wealth of detail and information included in this work is simply staggeringI wholeheartedly recommend this book.' ' Axis Europa
``Should leave no doubt that the world's most distinguished company of military historians is to be found in the Militargeschichtliches Forschungsamt.' ' American Historical Review
`'the latest volume of Germany and the Second World War slices open the German war effort and looks at the inner workings of war administration, economy, and manpower resources, 1942-1944/ every page is packed with a dense compilation of information and analysis a rigorous, academic analysis packed with information impossible to find elsewhere in English, and it also forms an integral part of an exceedingly important series of books about Germany's role in the world conflict. We can't recommend it to the casual reader, but it certainly belongs on the shelf of every serious historian of World War II as part of the ultimate autopsy of the German war effort.' ' Stone and Stone
Product Description
The Second World War affected the lives and shaped the experience of millions of individuals in Germany - soldiers at the front, women, children and the elderly sheltering in cellars, slave laborers toiling in factories, and concentration-camp prisoners and POWs clearing rubble in the Reich's devastated cities.
Taking a "history from below" approach, the volume looks at how the minds and behaviour of individuals were moulded by the Party as the Reich took the road to Total War. The ever-increasing numbers of German workers conscripted into the Wehrmacht were replaced with forced foreign workers and slave labourers and concentration camp prisoners. The interaction in everyday life between German civilian society and these coerced groups is explored, as is that society's relationship to the Holocaust.
From early 1943, the war on the home front was increasingly dominated by attack from the air. The role of the Party, administration, police, and courts in providing for the vast numbers of those rendered homeless, in bolstering civilian morale with "miracle revenge weapons" propaganda, and in maintaining order in a society in disintegration is reviewed in detail.
For society in uniform, the war in the east was one of ideology and annihilation, with intensified indoctrination of the troops after Stalingrad. The social profile of this army is analysed through study of a typical infantry division. The volume concludes with an account of the various forms of resistance to Hitler's regime, in society and the military, culminating in the failed attempt on his life in July 1944.
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