The Wehrmacht: History, Myth, Reality
Title | The Wehrmacht: History, Myth, Reality |
Publication Type | Book |
Year of Publication | 2006 |
Authors | Wette, Wolfram |
Number of Pages | 372 |
Publisher | Harvard University Press |
City | Cambridge, MA |
Abstract | This book is a profound reexamination of the role of the German army, the Wehrmacht, in World War II. For a long time, the standard story avowed that the ordinary German soldier in World War II was a good soldier, distinct from Hitler's rapacious SS troops, and not an accomplice to the massacres of civilians. Wolfram Wette, a preeminent German military historian, explores the myth of a "clean" Wehrmacht with devastating clarity. This book reveals the Wehrmacht's long-standing prejudices against Jews, Slavs, and Bolsheviks, beliefs that predated the prophecies of Mein Kampf and the paranoia of National Socialism. Though the sixteen-million-member German army is often portrayed as a victim of Nazi mania, we come to see that from 1941 to 1944 these soldiers were thoroughly involved in the horrific cleansing of Russia and Eastern Europe. |
URL | https://www.hup.harvard.edu/catalog.php?isbn=9780674025776&content=toc |
Original Publication | Die Wehrmacht. Feindbilder, Vernichtungskrieg, Legenden. Frankfurt am Main: Fischer, 2002. |
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