Hitler's Armed Forces Auxiliaries: An Illustrated History of the Wehrmachtsgefolge, 1933-1945 (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9780786497454)

The story of Hitler's Wehrmachtsgefolge (armed forces auxiliaries) is less well known than that of Germany's other armed forces in World War II, such as the panzer divisions, the Luftwaffe and the Kriegsmarine. The Organization Todt (construction company), Reichsarbeitsdienst (labor service), Nationalsozialistische Kraftfahrer Korps (driver's corp) and Volkssturm (people's militia) were given the status of armed forces auxiliaries to protect their members under the Geneva Conventions should they be taken prisoner. By 1944, the Wehrmachtsgefolge comprised 40 percent of the German armed forces, and their contribution to the war effort was far from negligible. This illustrated history documents the development, structure and organization, uniforms, regalia and technical data of these units and discusses their role in the war and during the prewar period.

Author: Jean-Denis G. G. Lepage
ISBN-10: 0786497459
ISBN-13: 9780786497454
Publisher: McFarland and Company, Inc.
Language: English
Published: 10/20/2015
Pages: 216
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.90lbs
Size: 9.90h x 6.90w x 0.50d