Combat and genocide on the Eastern Front
Subtitle: the German infantry's war, 1941 - 1944
By: Jeff Rutherford
Series: Cambridge military histories; Cambridge military histories
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: 2014
Language: eng
Number of pages: 423
ISBN-13: 9781107055711; 9781107652736
Subjects: Germany. Heer; Campaigns; Germany; World War, 1939-1945; Atrocities; History
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (pages 389-414) and index.
Table of contents: title: Introduction: the German infantry's war; title: The Wehrmacht and German society; title: Preparations for war; title: Attack with a ruthless offensive spirit and a firestorm of destruction: the opening phase of Operation Barbarossa; title: Will the continuation of this attack be worth it? The drive on Leningrad; title: It is only a question of where, not if, civilians will starve: the 121st Infantry Division and the occupation of Pavlovsk; title: The failure of Operation Barbarossa: the fusion of ideology and military culture; title: The Soviet Winter Offensive 1942: Demiansk and the Volkhov River; title: The population shouted out to the interpreter that one would rather be shot instead of being left to starve: the evolution of military necessity; title: From one mess to another: war of attrition in northwest Russia; title: We need to fight to the end, so oder so: combat and the reconstruction of Army Group North; title: A more rational occupation? The contradictions of military necessity; title: As miserable representatives of the miserable twentieth century, we burned all of the villages: the scorched earth retreat to the Panther line; title: Conclusion: the primacy of military necessity.