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Author: Bastiaan Willems

Reviewed by Lieutenant Colonel Daniel Gipper, US Air Force, faculty development scholar, Air University

Through an analysis of the German Wehrmacht's "barbarization" toward the end of World War II, Violence in Defeat provides a useful and cautionary case study on military effectiveness, distinction, and necessity. Reviewer Daniel Gipper highlights the book's particular contributions to the literature, particularly the examination of German "violence against German citizens," which Gipper notes is a "widely overlooked event." Gipper also notes the book's value for reexamining "long-standing assumptions about unit cohesion."

Publication Date

2-22-2024

Keywords

World War II, Wehrmacht, Eastern Front, civilians, Germany

Disciplines

Defense and Security Studies

Book Review: Violence in Defeat: The Wehrmacht on German Soil, 1944–1945

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