War in the wild East : the German Army and Soviet partisans

War in the wild East : the German Army and Soviet partisans / Ben Shepherd.

In Nazi eyes, the Soviet Union was the "wild east," a savage region ripe for exploitation, its subhuman inhabitants destined for extermination or helotry. An especially brutal dimension of the German army's eastern war was its anti-partisan campaign. This conflict brought death and de...

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Main Author: Shepherd, Ben (Ben H.)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Cambridge, Mass. : Harvard University Press, 2004.
Subjects:
Germany. > Heer. > Security Division, 221st.
Germany. > Heer > History > World War, 1939-1945.
Germany. > Heer > Officers > Attitudes.
Germany. > Heer
Germany. > Heer. > Security Division, 221st
1939-1945
World War, 1939-1945 > Destruction and pillage.
World War, 1939-1945 > Destruction and pillage > Soviet Union.
World War, 1939-1945 > Atrocities.
World War, 1939-1945 > Atrocities > Soviet Union.
HISTORY > Military > World War II.
Armed Forces > Officers > Attitudes
Atrocities
Destruction and pillage
Soviet Union > History > German occupation, 1941-1944.
Soviet Union
History
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Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • Introduction: Toward a War of Extermination
  • 1. "Success Comes Only through Terror": The German Experience of AntiguerrillaWarfare
  • 2. "Jew-Bolsheviks," Civilians, and Partisans: The Opening Phase, 1941
  • 3. Bloodshed Mushrooms: The Escalating Security Campaign, 1941
  • 4. The Rules Change: Partisan Surge and German Response, 1942
  • 5. More of the Sugar, Less of the Whip: The Battle for Popular Support, 1942
  • 6. Locusts in Field Gray: The Dead Zones Campaign, 1943
  • 7. Fear in the Forest: The War at Close Quarters, 1942 and 1943
  • Conclusion: Reap as You Sow, 1943 and 1944
  • Appendix A. Larger Antipartisan Operations Carried Out by the 221st Security Division, December 1942- April 1943
  • Appendix B. Atrocities Committed by the 221st Security Division's Subordinate Units, March 1942- August 1943
  • Acknowledgments
  • Abbreviations and Translations
  • Notes
  • Bibliography of Primary Sources
  • Index

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