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Author : Jonathan Trigg
Publisher : Amberley Publishing Limited
Page : 433 pages
File Size : 52,6 Mb
Release : 2018-07-15
Category : History
ISBN : 9781445674698
'After what happened to Finland we had to fight communism. It was a terrible threat.' The interviews and images gathered by Jonathan Trigg are vital historical documents.
Author : Jonathan Trigg
Publisher : The History Press
Page : 379 pages
File Size : 53,8 Mb
Release : 2011-11-30
Category : History
ISBN : 9780752479095
The Nazis’ dream of a world dominated by legions of Aryan ‘supermen’, forged in battle and absolutely loyal to Adolf Hitler, was epitomised by the Waffen-SS. Created as a supreme military elite, it grew to become Nazi Germany’s ‘second army’, an immense force totalling almost one million men by the end of the War.An astonishing fact about the SS is that thousands of its members were not German. Men stepped forward from almost every nation in Europe, for many sometimes complex reasons that included hatred of Bolshevism and nationalist sentiment or even straightforward anti-Semitism; foremost among them were Scandinavians from Denmark, Norway, Sweden and even Finland. Thousands were recruited from 1940 onwards and fought with distinction on the Russian Front. They served at first in national legions but were then brought together in the elite Wiking Panzer Division and the Nordland Panzer-grenadier Division. In Hitler’s Vikings, Jonathan Trigg details the battles these men fought and what inspired them to join the Waffen-SS, based in part on interviews with surviving veterans.
Author : Jonathan Trigg
Publisher : Amberley Publishing Limited
Page : 288 pages
File Size : 42,7 Mb
Release : 2017-07-15
Category : History
ISBN : 9781445666372
What motivated men to fight for an enemy that had invaded their own country? These are last voices of the Flemish Waffen-SS; there are very few left and they tell their story with absolute candour. After 70 years, why would they not?
Author : Gerry Villani
Publisher : Lulu.com
Page : 230 pages
File Size : 41,9 Mb
Release : 2018-04-16
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 9781387748839
They called themselves Legionnaires of the Waffen SS, the new European Army. They came from all nations of Europe, and they were wearing the same uniform to fight for the same cause: fighting the strong Russian Armed Forces. Almost one million of these young men fought next to the Wehrmacht during WWII. It was during this era that the ideal of a united Europe was born. There is no other period in history that has been documented like the 6 years that ranged from the invasion of Poland in 1939 to the capitulation in Berlin in 1945. They left their homes, families, and friends with their heart full of joy and pride. They had to endure extreme weather from +40 to -50 while fighting on several fronts. They were battle hardened because of this. They became good soldiers because they knew how to survive in any situation. These young men were prepared to give their lives for Germany and, in their eyes, for a better Europe.
Author : Jonathan Trigg
Publisher : Amberley Publishing Limited
Page : 412 pages
File Size : 52,6 Mb
Release : 2024-02-15
Category : History
ISBN : 9781398116511
This is an important book on one of the most controversial campaigns of the Second World War. 'When we came out above ground there was rubble everywhere, asphalt on the roads had melted in the heat. My only thought was to get out of this hellhole.’ Ivar Corneliussen, Waffen-SS trooper
Author : Jonathan Trigg
Publisher : Amberley Publishing Limited
Page : 526 pages
File Size : 42,9 Mb
Release : 2021-06-15
Category : History
ISBN : 9781398107236
The story of the world’s largest ever invasion through the voices of the men – and women – who witnessed it first-hand.
Author : Jonathan Trigg
Publisher : Amberley Publishing Limited
Page : 399 pages
File Size : 49,9 Mb
Release : 2022-07-15
Category : History
ISBN : 9781398110724
Jonathan Trigg reveals the human agony behind such statistics through the words of the Germans who were there: ‘You’ll regret this insulting, provocative and thoroughly predatory attack on the Soviet Union! You’ll pay dearly for it!’ (Dekanazov, Soviet Ambassador in Berlin). The Germans did. But the butcher’s bill was huge for both sides.
Author : Jonathan Trigg
Publisher : Amberley Publishing Limited
Page : 458 pages
File Size : 44,5 Mb
Release : 2020-04-15
Category : History
ISBN : 9781445699455
'If Germany stays united and marches to the rhythm of its revolutionary socialist outlook, it will be unbeatable. Our indestructible will to life, and the driving force of the Führer’s personality guarantee this.' (Joseph Goebbels, 4 June 1943.) It wasn't and it didn't.
Author : Jonathan Trigg
Publisher : Amberley Publishing Limited
Page : 336 pages
File Size : 53,7 Mb
Release : 2019-05-15
Category : History
ISBN : 9781445689326
‘We weren’t afraid of the Allies as soldiers, but we were afraid of their materiel – it was going to be men versus machines.’
Author : Gerry Villani
Publisher : Lulu.com
Page : 271 pages
File Size : 40,6 Mb
Release : 2019-03-15
Category : History
ISBN : 9780359496891
The Waffen SS were Hitler's elite forces during WWII. They were the forces that were feared by the enemy and praised by their allies. During the Nuremberg Trials, the Waffen SS was condemned as part of a criminal organization, however, the Nuremberg Trials exempted conscripts from that condemnation. On several occasions, the Waffen SS was criticized by Heer commanders for their reckless disregard for casualties while taking or holding objectives, however, the Waffen SS divisions eventually proved themselves as capable soldiers. The poor initial performance was mainly due to the emphasis on political indoctrination rather than proper military training before the war. Despite this, the experience gained from the Polish, French, and Balkan campaigns and the peculiarly egalitarian form of training soon turned Waffen SS units into elite formations. These are the stories of the men that once were part of this elite force, not to glorify the Nazi regime or crimes committed by them, but to give them a voice too.
Author : Martin R. Gutmann
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 255 pages
File Size : 49,6 Mb
Release : 2018-12-20
Category : History
ISBN : 9781316608944
A compelling account of the men who worked and fought for Nazi terror organization, the SS, during the Second World War.
Author : Jonathan Trigg
Publisher : The History Press
Page : 220 pages
File Size : 45,6 Mb
Release : 2009-11-20
Category : History
ISBN : 9780750967112
The divisions of the Waffen-SS were among the elite of Hitler’s armies in the Second World War. But alongside the Germans in the Waffen-SS fought an astonishingly high number of volunteers from other countries. By the end of the Second World War these foreign volunteers comprised half of all Hitler’s Waffen-SS, and filled the ranks of over twenty-four of the nominal thirty-eight Waffen-SS divisions. So during the most brutal war that mankind has ever known, hundreds of thousands of men flocked to fight for a country that was not theirs, and for a cause that was one of the most monstrous and barbaric in history. Who were these men, and why did they fight? Hitler’s Gauls is an in-depth examination of one of these legions of foreign volunteers, the Charlemagne division, who were recruited entirely from conquered France. The men in Charlemagne, often motivated by an extreme anti-communist zeal, fought hard on the Eastern Front including battles of near annihilation in the snows of Pomerania and the final stand in the ruins of Berlin. This definitive history, illustrated with rare photographs, explores the background, training, key figures and full combat record of one of Hitler’s lesser known foreign units of the Second World War.
Author : Samuel Abrahamsen
Publisher : Schocken
Page : 248 pages
File Size : 51,6 Mb
Release : 1991
Category : History
ISBN : IND:30000027105893
The Holocaust in Norway (the only Scandinavian country whose Jewish population suffered great losses during the war) did not evoke mass protests amongst the Norwegian population. Even the resistance leadership was not eager to defend the country's Jews; in Norwegian rescue activities, the initiative often came from below, from courageous individuals. All measures for the segregation of Norwegian Jews, the roundups, and the deportations to Auschwitz in October 1942-February 1943 were carried out with the close cooperation of the state bureaucracy, especially the police, and also with the assistance of the Norwegian Nazi Party. Only the Norwegian Church valiantly opposed the persecution of Jews.
Author : Paul Glaser
Publisher : Nan A. Talese
Page : 297 pages
File Size : 45,6 Mb
Release : 2013-09-10
Category : History
ISBN : 9780385537711
The gripping story of the author’s aunt, a Jewish dance instructor who was betrayed to the Nazis by the two men she loved, yet managed to survive WWII by teaching dance lessons to the SS at Auschwitz. Her epic life becomes a window into the author’s own past and the key to discovering his Jewish roots. Raised in a devout Roman Catholic family in the Netherlands, Paul Glaser was shocked to learn as an adult of his father's Jewish heritage. Grappling with his newfound identity and stunned by his father’s secrecy, Paul set out to discover what happened to his family during World War II and what had caused the long-standing rift between his father and his estranged aunt, Rosie, who moved to Sweden after the war. Piecing together his aunt’s wartime diaries, photographs, and letters, Paul reconstructed the dramatic story of a woman who was caught up in the tragic sweep of World War II. Rosie Glaser was a magnetic force – hopeful, exuberant, and cunning. An emancipated woman who defied convention, she toured Western Europe teaching ballroom dancing to high acclaim, falling in love hard and often. By the age of twenty-five, she had lost the great love of her life in an aviation accident, married the wrong man, and sought consolation in the arms of yet another. Then the Nazis seized power. For Rosie, a nonpracticing Jew, this marked the beginning of an extremely dangerous ordeal. After operating an illegal dance school in her parents’ attic, Rosie was betrayed by both her ex-husband and her lover, taken prisoner by the SS and sent to a series of concentration camps. But her enemies were unable to destroy her and, remarkably, she survived, in part by giving dance and etiquette lessons to her captors. Rosie was an entertainer at heart, and her vivacious spirit, her effervescent charm, and her incredible resourcefulness kept her alive amid horrendous tragedy. Of the twelve hundred people who arrived with her at Auschwitz, only eight survived. Illustrated with more than ninety photos, Dancing with the Enemy recalls an extraordinary life marked by love, betrayal, and fierce determination. It is being published in ten languages.
Author : Richard Landwehr,Holger Thor Nielsen
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 216 pages
File Size : 52,9 Mb
Release : 1999
Category : History
ISBN : STANFORD:36105111313180
A historian and a Dane shocked to learn that his father had fought with the Germans in World War II pair up to tell the story of Scandinavian volunteers who fought the Soviet army. Appends award and decoration recipients, the command roster, orders of battle, Waffen-SS ranks, badges and insignias, and the publisher's translation policy. Includes bandw photos of personnel and documents. Distributed in the US by ISBS. Annotation copyrighted by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR