Dutch Waffen-SS Legion & Brigade 1941–44
$24.99
- Paperback
48 pages
- Release Date
2 July 2020
Summary
Goebbels’ 1941 propaganda campaign to present Germany’s invasion of the USSR as a battle for European civilization against Asian barbarism convinced many men in occupied ‘Germanic’ European countries, such as Scandinavia and the Low Countries, to volunteer to fight on the Russian Front.
One of the strongest national legions of such a kind was raised in the Netherlands, where it was supported by a large pro-Nazi movement led by Anton Mussert. The 3,000-man Netherlands Volunteer Legion …
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781472840325 |
|---|---|
| ISBN-10: | 1472840321 |
| Author: | Massimiliano Afiero, Ramiro Bujeiro |
| Publisher: | Bloomsbury Publishing PLC |
| Imprint: | Osprey Publishing |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 48 |
| Release Date: | 2 July 2020 |
| Weight: | 180g |
| Dimensions: | 6mm x 184mm x 244mm |
| Series: | Men-at-Arms |
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“This book is interesting, informative, and inspirational for modeling subjects, and I recommend it.” - KitMaker
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Massimiliano Afiero
Massimiliano Afiero specializes in the history of Axis units during the Second World War and particularly in the Waffen-SS. He is one of the few Italian historical researchers to have personally interviewed many veterans of the Waffen-SS and he has published numerous books dealing with foreign volunteers in the German armed forces during World War II. Since May 2008 he has been Editor-in-Chief of the bimonthly magazine SGM (Seconda Guerra Mondiale), and in 2017 he started his own magazine The Axis Forces in World War Two.
Ramiro Bujeiro has become a frequent and popular contributor to Osprey Publishing since illustrating Warrior 23: US Marine in Vietnam (1998). He is an experienced commercial artist who lives and works in his native city of Buenos Aires, Argentina. His professional background includes commissions as a figure illustrator and strip cartoonist for clients all over Europe and the Americas, including many years’ work for IPC Magazines in Great Britain. His main interests are the political and military history of Europe in the first half of the 20th century.
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