Hitler's Deserters: Breaking Ranks with the Wehrmacht

by Douglas Carl Peifer

The first English language account of deserters from the German army during World War II

The German military executed between 18,000 and 22,000 of its personnel in World War II on the charges of desertion and "undermining the military spirt." This book examines who these Wehrmacht deserters were, why they deserted, what punishment they could expect, and how German military justice operated. The German army was not apolitical,...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0197539661
• ISBN13: 9780197539668
• Release Date: January 2025
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Length: 320 Pages
• Dimensions: 0.1" x 0.1" x 0.1"