defenses 1914-1945 enforcing battalions

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Flak: German Anti-Aircraft Defenses, 1914-1945

4 reviews
Edward B. Westermann

University Press of Kansas, 2005

The definitive study!
FLAK: German Anti-Aircraft Defenses, 1914-1945 by Edward Westermann is the definitive study of Germany's ground-based air defenses. This meticulously researched book takes the reader from the early days of air defense and traces the development of ground-based air defense from its vestigial theoretical roots in WW1 through the learning days of the war in Spain and culminates with a thorough ...

Hitler's Police Battalions: Enforcing Racial War In The East (Modern War Studies)

2 reviews
Edward B. Westermann

University Press of Kansas, 2005

Masterfully written as well as the most balanced history of the Police Battalions
Over the last 10 or so years since the Publication of Hitler's Willing Executioners reignited the smoldering debate over the role of ideology in the prosecution of a genocidal war there have been many published books on the subject. These have accomplished their stated goals of either minimizing or arguing for the role of ideology with varying degrees of skill and hence success. Of the dozen or ...