Author: Jonathan Trigg
Publisher: Amberley Publishing Limited
ISBN: 1445674696
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 391
Book Description
'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 The interviews and images gathered by Jonathan Trigg are vital historical documents.
Voices of the Scandinavian Waffen-SS
Author: Jonathan Trigg
Publisher: Amberley Publishing Limited
ISBN: 1445674696
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 391
Book Description
'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 The interviews and images gathered by Jonathan Trigg are vital historical documents.
Publisher: Amberley Publishing Limited
ISBN: 1445674696
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 391
Book Description
'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 The interviews and images gathered by Jonathan Trigg are vital historical documents.
Voices of the Flemish Waffen-SS
Author: Jonathan Trigg
Publisher: Amberley Publishing Limited
ISBN: 1445666375
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 361
Book Description
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?
Publisher: Amberley Publishing Limited
ISBN: 1445666375
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 361
Book Description
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?
Voices of the Waffen SS - The Assault Generation
Author: Gerry Villani
Publisher: Lulu.com
ISBN: 1387748831
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 230
Book Description
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.
Publisher: Lulu.com
ISBN: 1387748831
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 230
Book Description
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.
The Air War Through German Eyes
Author: Jonathan Trigg
Publisher: Amberley Publishing Limited
ISBN: 1398116513
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 412
Book Description
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
Publisher: Amberley Publishing Limited
ISBN: 1398116513
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 412
Book Description
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
Barbarossa Through German Eyes
Author: Jonathan Trigg
Publisher: Amberley Publishing Limited
ISBN: 1398107239
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 526
Book Description
The story of the world’s largest ever invasion through the voices of the men – and women – who witnessed it first-hand.
Publisher: Amberley Publishing Limited
ISBN: 1398107239
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 526
Book Description
The story of the world’s largest ever invasion through the voices of the men – and women – who witnessed it first-hand.
The Battle of Stalingrad Through German Eyes
Author: Jonathan Trigg
Publisher: Amberley Publishing Limited
ISBN: 1398110728
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 399
Book Description
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.
Publisher: Amberley Publishing Limited
ISBN: 1398110728
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 399
Book Description
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.
To VE-Day Through German Eyes
Author: Jonathan Trigg
Publisher: Amberley Publishing Limited
ISBN: 1445699451
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 458
Book Description
'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.
Publisher: Amberley Publishing Limited
ISBN: 1445699451
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 458
Book Description
'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.
D-Day Through German Eyes
Author: Jonathan Trigg
Publisher: Amberley Publishing Limited
ISBN: 1445689324
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 473
Book Description
‘We weren’t afraid of the Allies as soldiers, but we were afraid of their materiel – it was going to be men versus machines.’
Publisher: Amberley Publishing Limited
ISBN: 1445689324
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 473
Book Description
‘We weren’t afraid of the Allies as soldiers, but we were afraid of their materiel – it was going to be men versus machines.’
Hitler's Vikings
Author: Jonathan Trigg
Publisher: The History Press
ISBN: 0752479091
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 457
Book Description
The Nazis' dream of a world dominated by legions of Aryan 'supermen', forged in battle and absolutely loyal to Hitler, was epitomised by the Waffen-SS. Created as a supreme military élite, 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 amongst them were Scandinavians from Denmark, Norway, Sweden and 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 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 wherever possible on interviews with surviving veterans. Many of the photographs reproduced here have never before been published. Hitler's 'Vikings' were amongst the last men still fighting in the ruins of Berlin in 1945 — their story is truly remarkable. Jonathan Trigg served in the 1st Battalion The Royal Anglian Regiment, reaching the rank of Captain and completing tours in Northern Ireland, Bosnia and the Middle East. He is an established writer on military history, with a particular interest in foreign volunteer formations in the Second World War. Hitler's Vikings is his fourth volume in Spellmount's Hitler's Legions series.
Publisher: The History Press
ISBN: 0752479091
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 457
Book Description
The Nazis' dream of a world dominated by legions of Aryan 'supermen', forged in battle and absolutely loyal to Hitler, was epitomised by the Waffen-SS. Created as a supreme military élite, 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 amongst them were Scandinavians from Denmark, Norway, Sweden and 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 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 wherever possible on interviews with surviving veterans. Many of the photographs reproduced here have never before been published. Hitler's 'Vikings' were amongst the last men still fighting in the ruins of Berlin in 1945 — their story is truly remarkable. Jonathan Trigg served in the 1st Battalion The Royal Anglian Regiment, reaching the rank of Captain and completing tours in Northern Ireland, Bosnia and the Middle East. He is an established writer on military history, with a particular interest in foreign volunteer formations in the Second World War. Hitler's Vikings is his fourth volume in Spellmount's Hitler's Legions series.
Building a Nazi Europe
Author: Martin R. Gutmann
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 1316608948
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 255
Book Description
A compelling account of the men who worked and fought for Nazi terror organization, the SS, during the Second World War.
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 1316608948
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 255
Book Description
A compelling account of the men who worked and fought for Nazi terror organization, the SS, during the Second World War.