The Spanish Blue Division on the Eastern Front, 1941-1945: War, Occupation, Memory

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Xosé Núñez Seixas

The Spanish Blue Division on the Eastern Front, 1941-1945

War, Occupation, Memory

Xosé Núñez Seixas

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University of Toronto Press
11 May 2022

Russian Revolution; Crimean War; Spanish Civil War

Series: Toronto Iberic

In 1941, the Franco regime established the Spanish Division of Volunteers to take part in the Russian campaign as a unit integrated into the German Wehrmacht. Recruited by both the Fascist Party (Falange) and the Spanish army, around 47,000 Spanish volunteers joined what would become known as the ""Blue Division.""

The Spanish Blue Division on the Eastern Front, 19411945 explores an intimate history of the Blue Division ""from below,"" using personal war diaries, letters, and memoirs, as well as official documents from military archives in Spain, Germany, Britain, and Russia. In addition to describing the Spanish experience on the Eastern Front, Xose M. Nez Seixas takes on controversial topics including the Blue Division's proximity to the Holocaust and how members of the Blue Division have been remembered and commemorated. Addressing issues such as the behaviour of the Spaniards as occupiers, their perception by the Russians, their witnessing of the Holocaust, their commitment to the war aims of Nazi Germany, and their narratives on the war after 1945, this book illuminates the experience of Spanish combatants and occupied civilians.

By: Xosé Núñez Seixas
Imprint: University of Toronto Press
Country of Publication: Canada
Dimensions: Height: 229mm, Width: 152mm, Spine: 25mm
Weight: 540g
ISBN: 9781487541668
ISBN 10: 148754166X
Series: Toronto Iberic
Pages: 277
Publication Date: 11 May 2022
Audience: College/higher education , Professional and scholarly , Primary , Undergraduate
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

Xosé M. Núñez Seixas is a professor of modern European history at the University of Santiago de Compostela.

Reviews for The Spanish Blue Division on the Eastern Front, 1941-1945: War, Occupation, Memory

""The Spanish Blue Division on the Eastern Front makes for compelling reading…This accessible book should be read by anyone interested in modern Spain, the Eastern Front, Axis allies, or soldier motivation."" - Grant T. Harward, US Army Center of Military History (Michigan War Studies Review) ""Núñez Seixas’s illuminating book fills a forgotten niche in the copious literature of World War II…this work helps to address important questions about the soldier-level experiences often ignored by historians."" - Professor J. Schultz (StrategyPage)