{"product_id":"the-spanish-blue-division-on-the-eastern-front-1941-1945-war-occupation-memory-paperback-softback-9781487541668","title":"The Spanish Blue Division on the Eastern Front, 1941-1945; War, Occupation, Memory (Paperback \/ softback) 9781487541668","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eThe Spanish Blue Division on the Eastern Front, 1941-1945\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003eWar, Occupation, Memory\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eXosé M. Núñez Seixas (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9781487541668\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePaperback \/ softback, published 17 March 2022\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e368 pages, 24 b\u0026amp;w illustrations, 2 b\u0026amp;w maps, 1 b\u0026amp;w table\u003cbr\u003e22.9 x 15.2 x 2.5 cm, 0.54 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\"\u003cem\u003eThe Spanish Blue Division on the Eastern Front\u003c\/em\u003e makes for compelling reading…This accessible book should be read by anyone interested in modern Spain, the Eastern Front, Axis allies, or soldier motivation.\" - Grant T. Harward, US Army Center of Military History (\u003cem\u003eMichigan War Studies Review\u003c\/em\u003e) \"Núñez Seixas\u0026amp;#x2019;s illuminating book fills a forgotten niche in the copious literature of World War II…this work helps to address important questions about the soldier-level experiences often ignored by historians.\" - Professor J. Schultz (\u003cem\u003eStrategyPage\u003c\/em\u003e)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn 1941, the Franco regime established the Spanish Division of Volunteers to take part in the Russian campaign as a unit integrated into the German Wehrmacht. Recruited by both the Fascist Party (\u003ci\u003eFalange\u003c\/i\u003e) and the Spanish army, around 47,000 Spanish volunteers joined what would become known as the \"Blue Division.\"\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Spanish Blue Division on the Eastern Front, 1941–1945 \u003c\/i\u003eexplores an intimate history of the Blue Division \"from below,\" using personal war diaries, letters, and memoirs, as well as official documents from military archives in Spain, Germany, Britain, and Russia. In addition to describing the Spanish experience on the Eastern Front, Xosé M. Núñez Seixas takes on controversial topics including the Blue Division\u0026amp;#x2019;s proximity to the Holocaust and how members of the Blue Division have been remembered and commemorated. Addressing issues such as the behaviour of the Spaniards as occupiers, their perception by the Russians, their witnessing of the Holocaust, their commitment to the war aims of Nazi Germany, and their narratives on the war after 1945, this book illuminates the experience of Spanish combatants and occupied civilians.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003eList of Illustrations\u003cbr\u003eList of Abbreviations\u003cbr\u003eAcknowledgments\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIntroduction: The Blue Division, the Franco Regime, and the Second World War\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e1. Russia Is Guilty!\u003cbr\u003e2. A Long March: From Central Europe to the Volkhov Front\u003cbr\u003e3. The Blue Division On the Front\u003cbr\u003e4. Occupation Practices of the Blue Division in Northwest Russia\u003cbr\u003e5. The Last Crusaders of the Nazi New Order, 1944–1945\u003cbr\u003e6. War Veterans and Memories from the Eastern Front in Franco\u0026amp;#x2019;s Spain\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eConclusion: A Spanish Exception in the War of Extermination?\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eSources\u003cbr\u003eBibliography\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"University of Toronto Press","offers":[{"title":"Brand New","offer_id":52653263356184,"sku":"9781487541668","price":23.57,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/the-spanish-blue-division-on-the-eastern-front-1941-1945-war-occupation-memory-paperback-softback-9781487541668","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}