Hitler Strikes Poland: Blitzkrieg, Ideology, And Atrocity

Lawrence, Kansas, U.S.A.: Univ Pr of Kansas, 2003. 343pp/illus. In this first intensive study of the invasion, Alexander Rossino provides a comprehensive study of the Polish campaign, including disturbing new insights into its racist and ideological underpinnings.Rossino tells how this invasion melded the ideology of the Nazi party with Germany’s military yearning for empire in the East. The Polish campaign was important as the first step in Hitler’s drive for "living space" for Germans in Eastern Europe, and as the blitzkrieg decimated urban residential areas, civilians soon became indistinguishable from combatants. In addition to describing military operations, Rossino also provides a close analysis of SS plans to murder Polish leaders, German army reprisal policies, and the close collaboration of Wehrmacht and SS forces in the subjugation and execution of Polish citizens.. Clean. 1st Edition. Cloth. Near Fine/Near Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.