Soldiers of Destruction
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Soldiers of Destruction

The SS Death's Head Division, 1933-1945 - Updated Edition

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eBook - ePub

Soldiers of Destruction

The SS Death's Head Division, 1933-1945 - Updated Edition

About this book

Charles Sydnor relates the political and military experience of the SS Totenkopfdivision to the institutional development of the SS and the ideological objectives of Nazi Germany.

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Table of contents

  1. Cover Page
  2. Title Page
  3. Copyright Page
  4. Dedication
  5. Contents
  6. List of Illustrations
  7. List of Abbreviations
  8. Preface to the Second Edition
  9. Acknowledgments
  10. Introduction
  11. One. The Prewar Background: The Development of the Concentration Camp System and the SS Totenkopfverbände
  12. Two. The Polish Campaign and the Creation of the SS Totenkopfdivision
  13. Three. Growing Pains: December 1939-May 1940
  14. Four. The SS Totenkopfdivision and the Battle of France
  15. Five. The Long Interlude: Occupation Duty and Transfer to the East
  16. Six. The SS Totenkopfdivision and the War in Russia: June 1941-January 1942
  17. Seven. The Soviet Counteroffensive: Encirclement in the Demyansk Pocket, January-October 1942
  18. Eight. Perpetual Crisis: The Führer’s Firemen, 1943-1945
  19. Nine. Some Observations: Ideology, Personality, and the Question of Totenkopf Criminality
  20. Afterword
  21. Postscript to the Second Edition
  22. Selected Bibliography
  23. Index