Cossacks in the German Army 1941-1945

1. Auflage 1991
ISBN: 978-0-7146-3351-0
Verlag: Taylor & Francis Ltd

Buch, Englisch, 236 Seiten, Format (B × H): 156 mm x 234 mm, Gewicht: 510 g

The Cossacks who wore German uniforms saw their service not as treason to the motherland, but as an episode in the revolution of 1917, part of an ongoing struggle against Moscow and against Communism. Their reward was forced repatriation into Stalin's Gulag at the hands of Western powers in 1945.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Newland, Samuel J.

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Geschichtliche Themen Militärgeschichte
• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Militärwesen Verwaltung, Streitkräfte (Militärwesen)
• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Weltgeschichte & Geschichte einzelner Länder und Gebietsräume Geschichte einzelner Länder Europäische Länder
• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Weltgeschichte & Geschichte einzelner Länder und Gebietsräume Europäische Geschichte

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Barbarossa - its origins and successes; exceptions to the rule; who can wear the field grey?; the Cossacks - the Tsar's praetorian force; the de-Slavization of the Cossacks; Mielau - organization and training; self-government for Soviet nationalities - a Wehrmacht initiative; who leads the Cossacks? - who champions their cause?; the Cossack division in combat; requiem for the Cossack Corps. Appendices: German - US army rank equivalencies; authorized strength of German military organizations; organization of the Cossack cavalry corps; corps staff structure, Cossack cavalry corps; organization of a horse cavalry regiment.

Über Autor(innen)

Samuel J. Newland