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Under Himmler's command : the personal recollections of Oberst Hans-Georg Eismann, operations officer, Army Group Vistula, Eastern Front 1945

Eismann, Hans-Georg(Edited by)Steinhardt, Fred(Edited by)
Part of the Helion WWII German military studies ; v. 2 series
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Under Himmler's Command addresses two areas of WWII 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.

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Eismann's memoir of this period has remained unpublished for over fifty years, and its wider circulation is long overdue.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.

Much light is thereby thrown on Himmler the military commander, and on the final climactic battles fought on the Eastern Front during 1945. About the AuthorExpertly translated, edited and annotated by Fred Steinhardt, editor of Panzer Lehr Division (Helion, 2007).

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Helion & Company
1874622434 / 9781874622437
Hardback
15/01/2010
United Kingdom
English
iv, 143 p. : maps, ports.
24 cm
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