The Cruel Hunters; SS-Sonderkommando Dirlewanger, Hitler's Most Notorious Anti-Partisan Unit
by French L MacLean
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- Very Good/Good Plus
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Atglen, PA: Schiffer Military History, 1998. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Very Good/Good Plus. First edition. Hardback in dustwrapper. 23.5 × 16cm, 303pp. The Dirlewanger Battalion, also known as "Sonderkommando (special commando) Dirlewanger" was perhaps the least understood, but at the same time the most notorious German SS anti-partisan unit in World War II. German propaganda correspondents and wartime photographers did not follow them in action. And for good reason. Wherever the Dirlewanger unit - named for and led by Oskar Dirlewanger - operated, corruption and rape formed an every-day part of life and indiscriminate slaughter, beatings and looting were rife. Formed as a battalion of convicted poachers in 1940, the unit operated in Poland until 1942, guarding Jews in forced labor camps and making life miserable for Poles in Lublin and Cracow. From there Dirlewanger spent two years combating partisans in central Russia, giving no quarter and expecting none in return, during vicious fighting against an elusive foe in the midst of inhospitable swamps and dismal forests. In 1944 Dirlewanger savaged Warsaw during the Polish Uprising, before moving to Slovakia to crush another rebellion there. The end of the war saw the unit, which was now a division in size, fighting for its life south of Berlin against the Soviet Army. Medieval in their outlook on war and certainly not indicative of many German military formations, this unit none-the-less remains a reflection of a segment of mankind gone mad in the inferno of World War II on the eastern front. Condition: The book is in very good condition, the dustwrapper has a little light wear.
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- Bookseller
- Cox and Budge Books (GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
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- Title
- The Cruel Hunters; SS-Sonderkommando Dirlewanger, Hitler's Most Notorious Anti-Partisan Unit
- Author
- French L MacLean
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Good Plus
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Publisher
- Schiffer Military History
- Place of Publication
- Atglen, PA
- Date Published
- 1998
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
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