Author : Kenneth Harold Gilmore
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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 694 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (224 download)
Book Synopsis Nazi Military Policies and Nazi-Reichswehr Relations: 1923-1933 by : Kenneth Harold Gilmore
Download or read book Nazi Military Policies and Nazi-Reichswehr Relations: 1923-1933 written by Kenneth Harold Gilmore and published by . This book was released on 1975 with total page 694 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Few historians would dispute that the Reichswehr was a significant factor in the political life of Weimar Germany, and most would agree that, to varying degrees, the links between the German Army and the Nazi Party played a role in the destruction of the nation's democratic life. It is apparent from even a cursory reading of Nazi publications that the Nationalsozialistische Deutsche Arbeiterpartei (National Socialist German Workers' Party, NSDAP) strove to carry its message to the republic's military forces ... Military sympathy for the Nazis was not automatic, and in the years from 1923 to 1933 the party was forced both to develop a general program and to adapt its policies and statements to changing economic and political conditions. During this decade the contacts between the NSDAP and the Reichswehr varied from hostility to cooperation and had both overt and covert aspects. This study will investigate the methods utilized by Adolf Hitler and his associates to transmit their message to the armed forces, the effectiveness of their actions in the military sphere, and the course of Nazi-Reichswehr relations in the years before 1933"--Introduction.