German Troops And T...: The Eastern Front, 1941вђ“45,

This post draft focuses on Omer Bartov’s seminal historical work, The Eastern Front, 1941–45: German Troops and the Barbarisation of Warfare . The book is a critical study of how the German army (Heer) became complicit in atrocities and a "war of annihilation" during the invasion of the Soviet Union.

In his ground-breaking study, , historian Omer Bartov challenges the long-held myth that the German Wehrmacht remained "untarnished" by the crimes of the Nazi regime. By looking at three specific front-line divisions—the 12th Infantry, 18th Panzer, and Grossdeutschland—Bartov reveals a process he calls the "barbarisation of warfare" . The Eastern Front, 1941–45, German Troops and t...

The physical misery of the Russian winter, constant supply shortages, and massive casualties turned soldiers into survivors indifferent to human life. This post draft focuses on Omer Bartov’s seminal