Hitler's Home Guard: Volkssturmmann - David Yelton
Volkssturmman (Warrior)
KORTE INHOUD
Osprey's study of Germany's Home Guard during the latter part of World War II (1939-1945). The creation of the German Home Guard or Volkssturm on 18 October 1944 was a desperate measure by the Nazi regime to utilize every available manpower resource in their last-ditch attempts to delay their inevitable defeat. All able-bodied males between the ages of 16 and 60 who were not already members of the German Armed Forces were conscripted into one organization. The aim of the Volkssturm was to shore up the defense of the Reich, but also to restrict any possible revolt or dissent by exercising military discipline over the entire male population of fighting age. This Nazi fantasy was the creation of a new force of highly-motivated Aryans dedicated to the heroic defense of their fatherland. However, the Volkssturm failed due to poor equipment, lack of training, and low morale. Men who had no experience of combat and little or no inclination to fight, and who had little interest in the Nazi regime found themselves sen...
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Paperback, illustrations in colour and b/w, 8vo. Warrior 110. [Auteur: Yelton, David K.] [Pagina's: 64] [Taal: en] [Uitgever: Botley, Oxford : Osprey Publishing] [Jaar: 2006] [Titel: Hitler's Home Guard: Volkssturmmann: Western Front 1944-45]