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German veterans never embraced the Weimar Republic, created out of the ruins of World War I. Former soldiers demanded a state that was militant, nationalist, and authoritarian, and their rejection of the new democratic Republic played a major role in its collapse and the Nazi rise to power. After Hitler's defeat, German veterans again represented a source of social instability and a potential threat ...

"The Veterans' Tale: This is a unique account of the ways in which British veterans of the Second World War remembered, understood, and recounted their experiences of battle throughout the post-war period. Focusing on themes of landscape, weaponry, the enemy, and comradeship, Frances Houghton examines the imagery and language used by war memoirists to reconstruct and review both their experiences of ...

Johannes Vosskamp (1896-1945) was a veteran of World War I and so were his brothers. It is unclear when he became a Nazi party member. In World War II, he was drafted at the age of 46 (ca. 1942) as part of "Organisation Todt" behind the lines. He was sent to Serbia and was declared "missing in action" at the end of the war in 1945.

Met lit. opg., reg. 21 p. : ill. ; 22 cm

Tekst in het Engels, Pools en Nederlands. [66] p. : ill. ; 15 x 21 cm

Met lit. opg. en index. 336 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 297-318) and index. 334 pages ; 25 cm

Met literatuuropgaven.