Title: The War of the Wehrmacht Generals: Hitler Serving the Ambitions of the Military Elite?
Abstract:The picture of the Wehrmacht that has prevailed for a long time in historiography is one of a victim of the Nazi regime, the only one responsible for the war and its crimes. Whereas, in the light of t...The picture of the Wehrmacht that has prevailed for a long time in historiography is one of a victim of the Nazi regime, the only one responsible for the war and its crimes. Whereas, in the light of the numerous researches, most of them published at the end of the cold war, it appears that the generals had started the preparations for a war of aggression in order to ensure the Reich's domination in Europe from the beginning of the 1920s. With Hitler's coming to power?they shared common goals with him, particularly the conquest of a vital space in the East and the destruction of Judeo-Bolshevism?they were now able to elaborate their army for the war of conquest that they were planning as they wished. Thus, they played a crucial role in the preparation of the wars of aggression of Hitler by providing him with campaign plans, fulfilling his wishes, and developing and executing the criminal orders of the Nazi regime.Read More
Publication Year: 2005
Publication Date: 2005-01-01
Language: en
Type: article
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