Soldaten

Soldaten

by Neitzel, Sönke

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Though initially recorded by British intelligence with the intention of gaining information that might be useful for the Allied war effort, the matters discussed in these conversations ultimately proved to be limited in that regard. But they would supply a unique and profoundly important window into the mentality of the soldiers in the Wehrmacht, the Luftwaffe, the German navy, and the military in general, almost all of whom had insisted on their own honorable behavior during the war. It is a m…

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Title Statements

  • Full title :Soldaten / by Sönke Neitzel and Harald Welzer ; translated from the German by Jefferson Chase.

Summary

Though initially recorded by British intelligence with the intention of gaining information that might be useful for the Allied war effort, the matters discussed in these conversations ultimately proved to be limited in that regard. But they would supply a unique and profoundly important window into the mentality of the soldiers in the Wehrmacht, the Luftwaffe, the German navy, and the military in general, almost all of whom had insisted on their own honorable behavior during the war. It is a myth these transcripts unequivocally debunk.

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Edition Statements

  • Publication Date:2012.

Publication Statements

  • Publisher(s):Alfred A. Knopf
  • Place of Publication:New York
  • Language:eng
  • Publication Date:2012.

The Physical Object

  • Description:pages cm

Edition Identifiers

  • ISBN:0307958124, 9780307958129
  • oclc:ocn812301960
  • LC Classification:D810.S7
  • Dewey Decimal:940.54/724108931

Table of Contents

What the soldiers discussed -- The soldiers' world -- Fighting, killing, and dying -- Frame of reference: annihilation -- Sex -- Technology -- Faith in victory -- Ideology -- Success -- Frame of reference: war -- How national socialist was the Wehrmacht's war? -- War as work -- Appendix: The surveillance protocols.

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Subjects

Anecdotes Armed Forces Eavesdropping Eavesdropping -- Great Britain Germany Germany -- Sources. -- Armed Forces -- … Great Britain History Military intelligence Prisoners of war -- Attitudes Prisoners of war -- Sources. -- Attitud… Prisoners of war -- Sources. -- Attitud… Prisonniers de guerre -- Sources. -- At… Prisonniers de guerre -- Sources. -- At… Soldiers -- Attitudes Soldiers -- Sources. -- Attitudes -- Ge… Sources World War, 1939-1945 -- Anecdotes World War, 1939-1945 -- Military intell… World War, 1939-1945 -- Prisoners and p…

Writers

Neitzel, Sönke Welzer, Harald

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