Bryce Sait

The Indoctrination of the Wehrmacht (eBook, ePUB)

Nazi Ideology and the War Crimes of the German Military

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

Far from the image of an apolitical, "clean" Wehrmacht that persists in popular memory, German soldiers regularly cooperated with organizations like the SS in the abuse and murder of countless individuals during the Second World War. This in-depth study demonstrates that a key factor in the criminalization of the Wehrmacht was the intense political indoctrination imposed on its members. At the instigation of senior leadership, many ordinary German soldiers and officers became ideological warriors who viewed their enemies in racial and political terms-a project that was but one piece of the broader effort to socialize young men during the Nazi era.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Berghahn Books
• Seitenzahl: 204
• Erscheinungstermin: 15. September 2021
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781789201505
• Artikelnr.: 56800782

Autorenporträt

Bryce Sait received his doctorate from Cambridge University, where he was a Commonwealth Scholar. He has taught history at Magdalene College, Cambridge, at St. Andrew's College, Sydney University, and at the University of Western Sydney.

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction
Chapter 1. A Political Military?
Chapter 2. The Goals and Effects of Indoctrination
Chapter 3. The Beginnings of Nazi Ideological Education in the Wehrmacht
Chapter 4. The Lead-Up to War and the Poland Campaign
Chapter 5. The Hitler Youth and the Reich Labour Service
Chapter 6. Christianity and the Military Chaplaincy: A Competing Influence
in the Wehrmacht?
Chapter 7. The Serbian Campaign and the Eastern Front
Conclusion
Bibliography
Index