The Spanish Blue Division on the Eastern Front, 1941-1945
War, Occupation, Memory
Seiten
2022
University of Toronto Press (Verlag)
978-1-4875-4165-1 (ISBN)
University of Toronto Press (Verlag)
978-1-4875-4165-1 (ISBN)
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The Spanish Blue Division on the Eastern Front, 1941–1945 addresses the history and memory of the Spanish volunteers that served alongside the German army in the invasion of Russia.
In 1941, the Franco regime established the Spanish Division of Volunteers to take part in the Russian campaign as a unit integrated into the German Wehrmacht. Recruited by both the Fascist Party (Falange) and the Spanish army, around 47,000 Spanish volunteers joined what would become known as the "Blue Division."
The Spanish Blue Division on the Eastern Front, 1941–1945 explores an intimate history of the Blue Division "from below," using personal war diaries, letters, and memoirs, as well as official documents from military archives in Spain, Germany, Britain, and Russia. In addition to describing the Spanish experience on the Eastern Front, Xosé M. Núñez Seixas takes on controversial topics including the Blue Division’s proximity to the Holocaust and how members of the Blue Division have been remembered and commemorated. Addressing issues such as the behaviour of the Spaniards as occupiers, their perception by the Russians, their witnessing of the Holocaust, their commitment to the war aims of Nazi Germany, and their narratives on the war after 1945, this book illuminates the experience of Spanish combatants and occupied civilians.
In 1941, the Franco regime established the Spanish Division of Volunteers to take part in the Russian campaign as a unit integrated into the German Wehrmacht. Recruited by both the Fascist Party (Falange) and the Spanish army, around 47,000 Spanish volunteers joined what would become known as the "Blue Division."
The Spanish Blue Division on the Eastern Front, 1941–1945 explores an intimate history of the Blue Division "from below," using personal war diaries, letters, and memoirs, as well as official documents from military archives in Spain, Germany, Britain, and Russia. In addition to describing the Spanish experience on the Eastern Front, Xosé M. Núñez Seixas takes on controversial topics including the Blue Division’s proximity to the Holocaust and how members of the Blue Division have been remembered and commemorated. Addressing issues such as the behaviour of the Spaniards as occupiers, their perception by the Russians, their witnessing of the Holocaust, their commitment to the war aims of Nazi Germany, and their narratives on the war after 1945, this book illuminates the experience of Spanish combatants and occupied civilians.
Xosé M. Núñez Seixas is a professor of modern European history at the University of Santiago de Compostela.
List of Illustrations
List of Abbreviations
Acknowledgments
Introduction: The Blue Division, the Franco Regime, and the Second World War
1. Russia Is Guilty!
2. A Long March: From Central Europe to the Volkhov Front
3. The Blue Division On the Front
4. Occupation Practices of the Blue Division in Northwest Russia
5. The Last Crusaders of the Nazi New Order, 1944–1945
6. War Veterans and Memories from the Eastern Front in Franco’s Spain
Conclusion: A Spanish Exception in the War of Extermination?
Sources
Bibliography
| Erscheinungsdatum | 18.05.2022 |
|---|---|
| Reihe/Serie | Toronto Iberic |
| Zusatzinfo | 24 b&w illustrations, 2 b&w maps, 1 b&w table |
| Verlagsort | Toronto |
| Sprache | englisch |
| Maße | 159 x 235 mm |
| Gewicht | 660 g |
| Themenwelt | Geschichte ► Allgemeine Geschichte ► Neuzeit (bis 1918) |
| Geschichte ► Allgemeine Geschichte ► 1918 bis 1945 | |
| Geisteswissenschaften ► Geschichte ► Regional- / Ländergeschichte | |
| Geschichte ► Teilgebiete der Geschichte ► Militärgeschichte | |
| ISBN-10 | 1-4875-4165-1 / 1487541651 |
| ISBN-13 | 978-1-4875-4165-1 / 9781487541651 |
| Zustand | Neuware |
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