{"product_id":"the-spanish-blue-division-on-the-eastern-front-19411945-9781487541668","title":"The Spanish Blue Division on the Eastern Front","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn 1941, the Franco regime established the Spanish Division of Volunteers to take part in the Russian campaign as a unit integrated into the German Wehrmacht. Recruited by both the Fascist Party (\u003ci\u003eFalange\u003c\/i\u003e) and the Spanish army, around 47,000 Spanish volunteers joined what would become known as the Blue Division.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Spanish Blue Division on the Eastern Front, 19411945 \u003c\/i\u003eexplores an intimate history of the Blue Division from below, using personal war diaries, letters, and memoirs, as well as official documents from military archives in Spain, Germany, Britain, and Russia. In addition to describing the Spanish experience on the Eastern Front, Xosé M. Núñez Seixas takes on controversial topics including the Blue Division’s proximity to the Holocaust and how members of the Blue Division have been remembered and commemorated. Addressing issues such as the behaviour of the Spaniards as occupiers, their perception by the Russians, their witnessing of the Holocaust,\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“The Spanish Blue Division on the Eastern Front makes for compelling reading…This accessible book should be read by anyone interested in modern Spain, the Eastern Front, Axis allies, or soldier motivation.” -- Grant T. Harward, US Army Center of Military History * \u003cem\u003eMichigan War Studies Review\u003c\/em\u003e *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eList of Illustrations List of Abbreviations Acknowledgments   Introduction: The Blue Division, the Franco Regime, and the Second World War   1. Russia Is Guilty! 2. A Long March: From Central Europe to the Volkhov Front 3. The Blue Division On the Front 4. Occupation Practices of the Blue Division in Northwest Russia 5. The Last Crusaders of the Nazi New Order, 1944–1945 6. War Veterans and Memories from the Eastern Front in Franco’s Spain   Conclusion: A Spanish Exception in the War of Extermination?   Sources Bibliography\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"University of Toronto Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48739693330775,"sku":"9781487541668","price":23.39,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781487541668.jpg?v=1720052919","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/the-spanish-blue-division-on-the-eastern-front-19411945-9781487541668","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}