War in the wild East : the German Army and Soviet partisans
by
 
Shepherd, Ben (Benjamin V.)

Title
War in the wild East : the German Army and Soviet partisans

Author
Shepherd, Ben (Benjamin V.)

ISBN
9780674012967

Personal Author
Shepherd, Ben (Benjamin V.)

Publication Information
Cambridge, Mass. : Harvard University Press, 2004.

Physical Description
vi, 300 p. : ill., maps ; 22 cm.

Contents
Introduction : toward a war of extermination -- 1. "Success comes only through terror" : the German experience of antiguerrilla warfare -- 2. "Jew-Bolsheviks," civilians, and partisans : the opening phase, 1941 -- 3. Bloodshed mushrooms : the escalating security campaign, 1941 -- 4. The rules change : partisan surge and German response, 1942 -- 5. More of the sugar, less of the whip : the battle for popular support, 1942 -- 6. Locusts in field gray : the dead zones campaign, 1943 -- 7. Fear in the forest : the war at close quarters, 1942 and 1943 -- Conclusion : reap as you sow, 1943 and 1944 -- App. A. Larger antipartisan operations carried out by the 221st Security Division, December 1942-April 1943 -- App. B. Atrocities committed by the 221st Security Division's subordinate units, March 1942-August 1943.

Corporate Subject
Germany. Heer. Security Division, 221st.
 
Germany. Heer -- History -- World War, 1939-1945.
 
Germany. Heer -- Officers -- Attitudes.

Subject Term
World War, 1939-1945 -- Destruction and pillage.
 
World War, 1939-1945 -- Destruction and pillage -- Soviet Union.
 
World War, 1939-1945 -- Atrocities.
 
World War, 1939-1945 -- Atrocities -- Soviet Union.

Geographic Term
Soviet Union -- History -- German occupation, 1941-1944.


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