- Description
- xv, 210 pages : illustrations, maps, portraits; 25 cm
- 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'.
- Alternative Title
- Western European volunteers in the German army and SS, 1940-1945
- Subjects
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 192-204) and indexes.
- Call Number
- JFE 15-2872
- ISBN
- OCLC
- 908371048
- Author
Estes, Kenneth W., author.
- Title
A European anabasis : Western European volunteers in the German army and SS, 1940-1945 / Kenneth William Estes.
- Publisher
Solihull : Helion, 2015.
- Copyright Date
©2014
- Type of Content
text
cartographic image
still image
- Type of Medium
unmediated
- Type of Carrier
volume
- Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (pages 192-204) and indexes.
- Research Call Number
JFE 15-2872