Terror in the Balkans

German Armies and Partisan Warfare

Ben H. Shepherd

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Publication Date: 04/25/2012

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Introduction
1. Before the Great War: Changes in the Officer Corps
2. Forging a Wartime Mentality: The Impact of World War I
3. Bridging Two Hells: The 1920s and 1930s
4. Invasion and Occupation: Yugoslavia, 1941
5. Islands in an Insurgent Sea: The 704th Infantry Division in Serbia
6. Settling Accounts in Blood: The 342nd Infantry Division in Serbia
7. Standing Divided: The Independent State of Croatia, 1942
8. Glimmers of Sanity: The 718th Infantry Division in Bosnia
9. The Morass: Attitudes Harden in the 718th Infantry Division
10. The Devil’s Division: The 369th Infantry Division in Bosnia, 1943
Conclusion
Appendix A: Source References for Featured Officers
Appendix B: Note on the Primary Sources
Abbreviations
Notes
Acknowledgments
Index

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