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SS Foreign Divisions & Volunteers of Lithuania, Latvia and Estonia, 1941 1945 - Rare Photographs from Wartime Archives (Paperback)
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SS Foreign Divisions & Volunteers of Lithuania, Latvia and Estonia, 1941 1945 - Rare Photographs from Wartime Archives (Paperback)
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Drawing on a superb collection of rare and unpublished photographs
SS Foreign Divisions & Volunteers of Lithuania, Latvia and
Estonia 1942 - 1945 describes how the occupying Nazis recruited
Lithuanian, Latvian and Estonian conscripts into the Waffen-SS.
Unlike her Latvian neighbour, Lithuania had no plans to provide
Germany with a National Legion. Although volunteers came forward,
the majority did not. This was not the case for Latvia and Estonia,
which undertook huge recruitment programmes, and thousands of men
were drafted into their own foreign legion of Waffen-SS Grenadier
divisions. After intensive training, these divisions saw action on
the Eastern front, around Leningrad, in the Ukraine, before vicious
defensive operations as the Red Army smashed its way through the
Baltic States in 1944\. Even in the last dying weeks of the war,
what was left of the Baltic soldiers of the 15th, 19th and 20th
Waffen-SS Grenadier Divisions, continued to fight alongside their
Wehrmacht and Waffen-SS counterparts until they were either
destroyed or surrendered. The story of these divisions is
graphically told with detailed captions and text together with many
contemporary images in true Images of War style.
General
Imprint: |
Pen & Sword Military
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Country of origin: |
United Kingdom |
Release date: |
November 2021 |
Authors: |
Ian Baxter
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Dimensions: |
246 x 189 x 12mm (L x W x T) |
Format: |
Paperback
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Pages: |
128 |
ISBN-13: |
978-1-399-01298-0 |
Categories: |
Books >
Humanities >
History >
General
Books >
History >
General
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LSN: |
1-399-01298-3 |
Barcode: |
9781399012980 |
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