Hitler and Czechoslovakia in World War II - Domination and Retaliation

Informationen zum Autor Patrick Crowhurst is Visiting Fellow at the University of Leicester, UK. He is the author of Hitler and Czechoslovakia in World War II (2013).The invasion of Czechoslovakia by Nazi Germany in March 1939 helped to precipitate Europe's descent into World War II six months later. The move, supposedly to protect the Sudeten Germans, shocked many in Europe, who saw it as a clear statement of intent by Hitler. Zusammenfassung The invasion of Czechoslovakia by Nazi Germany in March 1939 helped to precipitate Europe's descent into World War II six months later. The move, supposedly to protect the Sudeten Germans, shocked many in Europe, who saw it as a clear statement of intent by Hitler. Using new Slovakian and Czech primary source material, Patrick Crowhurst argues that occupation of the Sudetenland and the Czech lands was crucial to the Nazi war machine. The armaments, factories and raw materials that Hitler seized accelerated Germany's capabilities; Czech tanks would prove crucial in the Ardennes and, as the Wehrmacht fought at Stalingrad, Armaments Minister Albert Speer was corralling Czech industrial machinery to produce engines, aircraft and equipment in support. Crowhurst alos reveals a new in-depth account of the German reaction to the assassination of Reinhardt Heydrich on the streets of Prague in June 1942. The recriminations were brutal, and dovetailed with Hitler's plans for the genocide of Czech Jewry. This is a new side of the History of Nazi Europe, and argues for the centrality of the Czech occupation in the overall narrative of World War II. Inhaltsverzeichnis AcknowledgementsTablesMapIntroductionChapter 1            The destruction of CzechoslovakiaChapter 2            The Protectorate GovernmentChapter 3            Forced labourChapter 4            ResourcesChapter 5            Beneš’ government in exile, the end of the war and the expulsion of the Sudeten GermansMapBibliographyIndex...

Product details

• Authors: Patrick Crowhurst, Crowhurst Patrick
• Publisher: Bloomsbury Academic
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 30.04.2020
• EAN: 9781350160095
• ISBN: 978-1-350-16009-5
• No. of pages: 344
• Dimensions: 142 mm x 226 mm x 18 mm
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > General, dictionaries; European History, HISTORY / Military / General, HISTORY / Europe / General, military history, 20th century history: c 1900 to c 2000, International Relations, 20th century, c 1900 to c 1999, Second World War, c 1938 to c 1946 (World War Two period), Modern warfare, c 1940 to c 1949, c 1939 to c 1945 (including WW2), Genocide & ethnic cleansing, Genocide and ethnic cleansing, HISTORY / Wars & Conflicts / World War II / General