The Last Nazis: Werewolf Guerrilla Resistance in Europe 1944-1947
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Founded by Heinrich Himmler in 1944 when it became clear Germany would be invaded, the Werewolf guerrilla movement was given the task of slowing down the Allied advance to allow time for the success of negotiations, or "wonder weapons." Staying behind in territory occupied by the Allies, its mission was to carry out acts of sabotage, arson, and assassination, both of enemy troops and of "defeatist" Germans. Perry Biddiscombe details Werewolf operations against the British, Russians, and fellow Germans, on the Eastern and Western Fronts and in the post-war chaos of Berlin. Giving the lie to the established story of a cowed German population meekly submitting to defeat, this is a fascinating insight into what has been described as "the death scream of the Nazi regime."
Format:Paperback
Language:English
ISBN:0752423428
ISBN13:9780752423425
Release Date:January 2006
Publisher:Tempus Publishing, Limited
Length:287 Pages
Weight:0.70 lbs.
Dimensions:0.8" x 5.0" x 7.9"
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Courts Europe Germany History Military Military Science Rules & Procedures World War IICustomer Reviews
2 ratings
Great story, oddly structured...
Published by Thriftbooks.com User , 14 years ago
Here's the thing.. I enjoy hard historical military literature. I enjoy picking the brains of great generals and statesmen, etc. But this book drags on at first. I think it is the structure of the book. The author is very capable of telling a great story and the material is well researched and interesting. The problem lies in the fact that the first section of the book goes into great detail involving the hierarchy of the Werwolf movement which, even by nazi standards, was a jumbled bureaucratic mess. Solution? Easy. Jump around. Read about the Werwolf exploits, then their mottled command structure. Final word is, if you are interested in or ever wanted to discover more about the Nazi guerilla movement I highly recommend this book. There are plenty of great, well documented stories of the insurgents and their methods. They just surface a bit later in the book.
nice nazis research book
Published by Thriftbooks.com User , 22 years ago
this is a very good book if one want to find out more about what happen to the nazi party or what is left of it.in this book it tells you that they didnt just drop their guns and go home but keep on fighting .well doing sabotajing and terrorizing the allies who is occupying germany.if one want to find out how and what they to without really any big support . and in small cell.it is like they are terrorist in germany after the war until they die out in 1947.great if you ask me but one have to really read it to find out why i find it great.
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