Hitler's Home Guard: Volkssturmmann Western Front, 1944-45

Name: Hitler's Home Guard: Volkssturmmann Western Front, 1944-45
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ISBN: 9781846030130

ISBN-10: 1846030137

ISBN-13: 9781846030130

Edition: 2006

Authors: David Yelton, Sean O'Brogain

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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…

Book details

List price: $21.00
Copyright year: 2006
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing USA
Publication date: 9/26/2006
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 64
Size: 7.20" wide x 9.70" long x 0.50" tall
Weight: 0.440
Language: English



Introduction


Chronology


The Volkssturm is Born


Off to a Bad Start, Fall 1944


Fall Training


Manning the "Westfalenwall"


Combat on the Niederrhein


A Prisoner of War


Returning Home


Afterword: Collecting and Recollecting


Glossary


Bibliography


Color Plate Commentary


Index