Criminal_orders_(Nazi_Germany)

Criminal orders (Nazi Germany)

Criminal orders (Nazi Germany)

''Wehrmacht'' orders given during the invasion of the Soviet Union in 1941

Criminal orders is the collective name given to a series of orders, directives and decrees given before and during the German invasion of the Soviet Union in World War II by the Wehrmacht High Command.[1][2][3] The criminal orders went beyond established codes of conduct and led to widespread atrocities on the Eastern Front.

Orders

See also

References

  1. [1]
    Heer et al. 2008, pp. 17–19.
  2. [2]
    Bartov 1986, p. 106.
  3. [3]
    Beorn 2014, p. 52.

Bibliography

  • Heer, Hannes; Manoschek, Walter; Pollak, Alexander; Wodak, Ruth (2008). The Discursive Construction of History: Remembering the Wehrmacht's War of Annihilation. New York: Palgrave Macmillan. ISBN 9780230013230.
  • Bartov, Omer (1986). The Eastern Front, 1941–1945, German Troops and the Barbarisation of Warfare. New York: St. Martins Press. ISBN 0312224869.
  • Beorn, Waitman (2014). Marching into Darkness. London, UK: Harvard University Press. ISBN 978-0-674-72550-8.
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