University of Toronto Press,
03/1998,
464 pages,
English
Near the End of the Second World War, a National Socialist resistance movement known as the Werwolf briefly flickered to life in Germany and its borderlands. ...
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Near the End of the Second World War, a National Socialist resistance movement known as the Werwolf briefly flickered to life in Germany and its borderlands. Dedicated to delaying the advance of the Allies on both fronts, the Werwolf succeeded in scattered acts of sabotage and violence. By the spring of 1945, it also began to show signs of being a vengeful Nazi reaction against the German populace itself. 'Collaborators' and 'defeatists' were frequently assassinated, and crude posters warned the population that certain death was the penalty for failure to resist the enemy. Werwolf violence failed to mobilize a spirit of national resistance. Biddiscombe argues that the group was poorly led, armed, and organized, and that it was doomed to failure given the war-weariness of the population and the hesitancy of youth to sacrifice themselves on the funeral pyre of the regime. He also demonstrates that although the group failed to assume a popular character, its influence was still great and its revolutionary sentiments would have grave implications for the future. Werwolf! is the most complete history to date of the Nazi partisan movement. It will be of great interest to general readers as well as to military historians.
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Description: Good. Former Library book. Shows some signs of wear, and may have some markings on the inside. Shipped to over one million happy customers. Your purchase benefits world literacy!
Description: Very good in very good dust jacket. Sewn binding. Cloth over boards. With dust jacket. 464 p. Contains: Illustrations. Audience: General/trade.
Description: Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket. 0802008623. 1999 first edition University of Toronto Press hardcover and dust jacket. Book is unread. A tiny bit of shelfwear. Protective mylar cover.; 1.57 x 9.06 x 6.3 Inches; 464 pages; Near the end of the Second World War, a National Socialist resistance movement, known as the Werwolf, flickered briefly to life in Germany and its borderlands. Dedicated to delaying the advance of the Allies on both fronts, the Werwolf succeeded in scattered acts of sabotage and violence.
Description: Fine in Fine jacket. WWII, Nazi underground resistance during latter days of conflict and early days of Allied occupation of Europe. 455p. il. NOTE: definitive account w/ extensive notes and appendices.
Description: 22 B/W Photos, Illus. Fine/Fine. DJ with Mylar 455pgs(Index) Clean, tight & bright. NO ink names, bookplates, DJ tears etc. ISBN 0802008623.
Description: VG/VG. 0802008623. Light rubbing and edgewear to jacket. Top edge of book a little dusty. Light edgewear to book. Interior clean.; tall 8vo 9"-10" tall; 455 pages; World War II, black/white & red, histcat tf.
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