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100 1  Müller, Rolf-Dieter,|d1948-|eauthor. 
240 10 Hitlers Wehrmacht 1935 bis 1945.|lEnglish 
245 10 Hitler's Wehrmacht, 1935-1945 /|cRolf-Dieter Müller. 
264  1 [Place of publication not identified] :|bThe University 
       Press of Kentucky,|c[2016] 
264  4 |c©2016 
300    1 online resource (248 pages). 
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490 0  Foreign military studies 
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520    Since the end of World War II, Germans have struggled with
       the legacy of the Wehrmacht -- the unified armed forces 
       mobilized by Adolf Hitler in 1935 to ensure the domination
       of the Third Reich in perpetuity. Historians have 
       vigorously debated whether the Wehrmacht's atrocities 
       represented a break with the past or a continuation of 
       Germany's military traditions. Now available for the first
       time in English, this meticulously researched yet 
       accessible overview by eminent historian Rolf-Dieter 
       Müller provides the most comprehensive analysis of the 
       organization to date, illuminating its role in a complex, 
       horrific era. Müller examines the Wehrmacht's leadership 
       principles, organization, equipment, and training, as well
       as the front-line experiences of soldiers, airmen, Waffen 
       SS, foreign legionnaires, and volunteers. He skillfully 
       demonstrates how state-directed propaganda and terror 
       influenced the extent to which the militarized 
       Volksgemeinschaft (national community) was transformed 
       under the pressure of total mobilization. Finally, he 
       evaluates the army's conduct of the war, from blitzkrieg 
       to the final surrender and charges of war crimes. Brief 
       acts of resistance, such as an officers' rebellion of 
       conscience" in July 1944, embody the repressed, principled
       humanity of Germany's soldiers, but ultimately, Müller 
       concludes, the Wehrmacht became the "steel guarantor" of 
       the criminal Nazi regime.". 
588 0  Publisher metadata. 
650  0 World War, 1939-1945|zGermany. 
650  7 HISTORY / Europe / Germany.|2bisacsh 
651  0 Germany|xArmed Forces. 
651  0 Germany|xHistory|y1933-1945. 
651  0 Germany|xHistory, Military|y20th century. 
651  0 Germany|xArmed Forces|xHistory|yWorld War, 1939-1945. 
655  0 Electronic books. 
700 1  Ancker, Janice W.,|etranslator. 
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