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Hitler strikes Poland : Blitzkrieg, ideology, and atrocity /

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Rossino, Alexander B., 1966-
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Lawrence, Kan. : University Press of Kansas, [2003]
Series:Modern war studies.
Subjects:
World War, 1939-1945 > Campaigns > Poland.
Lightning war.
National socialism > Germany.
World War, 1939-1945 > Atrocities > Poland.
World War, 1939-1945 > Atrocities > Germany.
Table of Contents:
  • The ideological dimensions of war with Poland
  • Nazi radicals and SS killers
  • The German Army and the opening phase of Operation Tannenberg
  • Nazi anti-Jewish policy during the Polish campaign
  • Institutional brutality and German Army reprisal policy
  • From retaliation to atrocity
  • Explaining German brutality.