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Hitler's Home Guard - Volkssturmmann - Western Front, 1944-45

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Type: Softcover

Product Line: Warrior - World War II - Axis

MSRP old price: $21.00


Product Info

Title
Hitler's Home Guard - Volkssturmmann - Western Front, 1944-45
Publisher
Category
Author
David Yelton
Publish Year
2006
Pages
64
Dimensions
8x10x.25"
NKG Part #
2147398321
MFG. Part #
OSPWAR110
Type
Softcover
Series
WAR110

Description

The creation of the Volkssturm on October 18, 1944 was a desperate measure by the Nazi government; all able-bodied males between the ages of 16 and 60 who were not already members of the German Armed Forces were conscripted into one organization. Poor equipment, lack of training and low morale took their toll on these men, who were unused to fighting and had little interest in needlessly dying just to prolong the Nazi regime. David K. Yelton follows the experience of a Volkssturmmann from his call-to-arms through to his capture and treatment as a POW, examining his reaction to the creation of the German Home Guard and his response to the fighting into which he was thrust.