War in the Wild East : : The German Army and Soviet Partisans / / Ben H. Shepherd.

• VerfasserIn: Shepherd, Ben H.,
• Place / Publishing House: Cambridge, MA : : Harvard University Press, , [2009]; ©2004
• Year of Publication: 2009
• Language: English
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (326 p.)

In Nazi eyes, the Soviet Union was the "wild east," a savage region ripe for exploitation, its subhuman inhabitants destined for extermination or helotry. An especially brutal dimension of the German army's eastern war was its anti-partisan campaign. This conflict brought death and de...

Table of Contents

• Frontmatter
• Contents
• Introduction: Toward a War of Extermination
• 1. “Success Comes Only through Terror”: The German Experience of AntiguerrillaWarfare
• 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
• Appendix A. Larger Antipartisan Operations Carried Out by the 221st Security Division, December 1942– April 1943
• Appendix B. Atrocities Committed by the 221st Security Division’s Subordinate Units, March 1942– August 1943
• Acknowledgments
• Abbreviations and Translations
• Notes
• Bibliography of Primary Sources
• Index