· Wolfram Wette, a preeminent German military historian, explodes the myth of a "clean" Wehrmacht with devastating clarity. This book reveals the . This is a powerful book, provocative, enlightening, disturbing. Based on three decades of solid research, Wette debunks the myth, created by former Wehrmacht officers and continued by their Allied counterparts, that the German military fought a "clean" war in the East /5(20). Wolfram Wette’s The Wehrmacht: History, Myth, Reality is a translation of the original German text published by S. Fischer Verlag in It aims to debunk the legend of the Wehrmacht’s “clean hands,” a legend that exculpates the Germany army from any misdeed during World War Two, and in some versions, celebrates their ostensible valor and professionalism.
Wolfram Wette's book (originally published in as Die Wehrmacht—Feind-bilder, Vernichtungskrieg, Legenden) makes three important points. First, "in the generals of the Wehrmacht were prepared to wage an unprecedented kind of war against the Soviet Union, motivated by ideology and designed to exterminate specific ethnicgroups. This book is a profound reexamination of the role of the German army, the Wehrmacht, in World War II. Until very recently, the standard story avowed that the ordinary German soldier in World War II was a good soldier, distinct from Hitler's rapacious SS troops, and not an accomplice to the massacres of civilians. Wolfram Wette, a preeminent German military historian, explodes the myth of a. Wolfram Wette. The Wehrmacht: History, Myth, Reality. Cambridge: Harvard University Press, xix + pp. $ (cloth), ISBN ; $ (paper), ISBN Reviewed by Geoffrey Megargee (United States Holocaust Memorial Museum) Published on H-War (August, ) Burying the Myth of the "Clean" Wehrmacht.
Wolfram Wette, a preeminent German military historian, explodes the myth of a "clean" Wehrmacht with devastating clarity. This book reveals the Wehrmacht's long-standing prejudices against Jews, Slavs, and Bolsheviks, beliefs that predated the prophecies of Mein Kampf and the paranoia of National Socialism. The Wehrmacht: History, Myth, Reality. This book is a profound reexamination of the role of the German army, the Wehrmacht, in World War II. Until very recently, the standard story avowed that the ordinary German soldier in World War II was a good soldier, distinct from Hitler's rapacious SS troops, and not an accomplice to the massacres of. The Wehrmacht: History, Myth, Reality. Wolfram Wette (born 11 November ) is a German military historian and peace researcher. He is an author or editor of over 40 books on the history of Nazi Germany, including the seminal Germany and the Second World War series from the German Military History Research Office (MGFA).
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