Under Himmler's command : the personal recollections of Oberst Hans-Georg Eismann, operations officer, Army Group Vistula, Eastern Front 1945 /
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| Author / Creator: | Eismann, Hans-Georg. |
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| Edition: | English ed. |
| Imprint: | Solihull : Helion, 2010, ©2009. |
| Description: | 1 online resource (143 pages) : illustrations, maps. |
| Language: | English |
| Series: | Helion WWII German military studies ; v. 2 Helion WWII German military studies ; v. 2. |
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| Format: | E-Resource Book |
| URL for this record: | http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/11134339 |
| Summary: | Under Himmler's Command addresses two areas of World War II hitherto neglected - Heinrich Himmler as a military commander, and the German staff officer corps during the last months of the war on the Eastern Front.<br> <br> The author, Hans-Georg Eismann, was the Operations Officer for Army Group Vistula, a German formation created in late January 1945 to which Heinrich Himmler was appointed as commander. Eismann's memoir of this period has remained unpublished for over fifty years, and its wider circulation is long overdue. Full of fascinating detail he recounts the disturbing and sometimes bizarre atmosphere that pervaded the German high command in the East during the final months of the war.<br> <br> Much light is thereby thrown on Himmler the military commander, and on the final climactic battles fought on the Eastern Front during 1945. |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (143 pages) : illustrations, maps. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 142-143). |
| ISBN: | 9781908916440 1908916443 1874622434 9781874622437 |