Hitler's Russian & Cossack Allies 1941-45
Given the merciless way in which the war on the Eastern Front of World War II was conducted, it is difficult to envisage anyone changing sides during the conflict. Yet after the German invasion of Russia in Operation Barbarossa, well over 400,000 former Soviet citizens went on to fight for Nazi Germany. These included not only the 'legions' recruited from non-Russian ethnic groups eager for freedom from Stalin's dictatorship, but also some 100,000 Russians and Cossacks. What began as small local security units of 'Ostruppen', enrolled for the ongoing campaigns against Soviet partisans, were later reorganized, given special systems of uniform…
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Weitere Autoren: Shumate, Johnny (Illustr.)
- ISBN: 978-1-4728-0689-5
- EAN: 9781472806895
- Produktnummer: 18984431
- Verlag: Bloomsbury UK
- Sprache: Englisch
- Erscheinungsjahr: 2015
- Seitenangabe: 48 S.
- Plattform: EPUB
- Masse: 30'378 KB
- Auflage: 1. Auflage
- Abbildungen: 40 b/w; 48 col
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DR NIGEL THOMAS is an accomplished linguist and military historian, formerly at Northumbria University, now a freelance military author, translator and military uniform consultant. His interests are 20th-century military and civil uniformed organizations, with a special interest in Germany, Central and Eastern Europe. He was awarded a PhD on the Eastern enlargement of NATO.
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