Terror in the Balkans

Description:

"Ben Shepherd ... uses Austro-Hungarian Army records to consider how the personal experiences of many Austrian officers during the Great War played a role in brutalizing their behavior in Yugoslavia. A comparison of Wehrmacht counter-insurgency divisions allows Shepherd to analyze how a range of midlevel commanders and their units conducted themselves in different parts of Yugoslavia, and why"--Dust jacket.

subjects: Germany. Heer,  Germany,  Underground movements,  World War, 1939-1945,  History,  Germany, heer,  Yugoslavia, history,  World war, 1939-1945, underground movements, yugoslavia,  World war, 1939-1945, yugoslavia

Places: Yugoslavia

Times: Axis occupation, 1941-1945,  World War, 1939-1945