The Forgotten Axis Set: Germany's Partners and Foreign Volunteers in World War II

by J. Lee Ready

Book Overview

The mention of World War II German soldiers conjures images of strong, Aryan young men born in Germany and raised under the Third Reich. However, throughout the war, more than 3 million foreigners served in Nazi Germany's armed services, comprising 18 percent of the entire German force. These non-German soldiers included 1.5 million Austrians, 350,000 Sudetenlanders, and approximately 200,000 Poles, as well as Czechs, Slovaks, Norwegians, Danes, Belgians,...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0786471697
• ISBN13: 9780786471690
• Release Date: October 2012
• Publisher: McFarland & Company
• Length: 575 Pages
• Weight: 1.80 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.4" x 5.9" x 9.2"
• Age Range: 18 years and up
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher