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1 online resource (569 pages) |
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The Cañada Blanch / Sussex academic studies on contemporary Spain |
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Cañada Blanch/Sussex Academic studies on contemporary Spain.
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| Contents |
Front Cover -- Dedication -- Title Page -- Copyright -- Contents -- The Cañada Blanch Centre for Contemporary Spanish Studies -- Series Editor's Preface -- List of Illustations, Maps and Tables -- Acknowledgements -- Acronyms and Abbreviations -- Note on Vocabulary -- Introduction -- 1 The Third Reich, Franco, the Falange, and the Army: The Months before the Formation of the Blue Division -- Reflections and Memories -- The Falange and the Army: Accumulated Tensions and Pro-German Attitudes Shared Until May 1941 -- The Falange -- The Army -- German Diplomacy in Spain -- German Diplomatic Representation in Spain -- German Diplomatic Activity in Spain -- Germany and Spain Face the War -- Operation "Sea Lion" -- Operation "Felix" -- The Crisis of May 1941 As Seen by German Diplomacy -- The Outbreak of the Crisis -- Appointments, Resignations, and Changes -- Franco's Third Cabinet -- The Result and Evaluation of the Crisis -- The Dismissal of Gerardo Salvador Merino: Epilogue to the Crisis of May 1941 -- The German Model to Imitate -- An Unexpected Legal Action -- 2 Creation of the Blue Division -- Invasion of the Soviet Union -- Birth of the Blue Division -- Five days to Form an Idea: From 22 to 26 June 1941 -- Recruitment of Volunteers -- The Evolution of the Recruitment and its Sociopolitical Context: From 27 June 27 to 2 July 1941 -- The Result of the Recruitment (Support, Reservations, and Inhibitions Relating to the Enlistment) -- Between Spain and Germany -- Gathering the Volunteers in Spain -- The Blue Division is Provisionally Structured -- The First Contacts of the Blue Division in Germany -- The Street and Diplomacy during the First Two Weeks of July 1941 -- The Journey to Bavaria -- 3 The Military Campaign of the Blue Division -- Before Combat Began (From July to October 1941) -- Development of the War -- The Grafenwöhr Military Camp |
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Fifty-three Days on the Road -- Combat -- The War from October 1941 -- Into Combat: The Offensive to the East of the River Volkhov -- Fortification on the West Bank of the River Volkhov -- Operation "Predator" and its Impact on the Blue Division -- Last Actions on the Volkhov Front -- Leningrad: A New Front -- The Fighting During 1943 -- The Last Six Months on the Front -- The Relief of the Blue Division: The Birth of the Blue Legion -- The Blue Legion -- The Clandestine War -- 4 The Rearguard of the Blue Division -- Prior to Combat (July tO October 1941) -- The Grafenwöhr Military Camp -- Fifty-three Days on the Road -- Combat in 1941 -- Combat in 1942 -- The Petition for Rest and Recuperation -- German Recognition, and Changes in the Blue Division -- The Political End of Ramón Serrano Suñer -- The Replacement of Muñoz Grandes -- Combat in 1943 -- The End of the Blue Division -- The Blue Legion -- The Birth of the Blue Legion -- The Campaign of the Blue Legion -- The Move to the Rear and the Repatriation of the Blue Legion -- The Clandestine Fight -- 5 The Costs and Consequences of the Blue Division -- The Human Cost -- The Dead and Disappeared -- The Sick, Wounded, and Disabled -- The Deserters and Those Returned for Alleged Disaffection -- The Prisoners -- Captivity -- The Negotiations for Liberation and Repatriation -- Liberation and Return -- Barcelona -- Some Repercussions of the Semiramis Repatriations -- The Later Repatriations -- The Cost of Health Care -- The Provision of Healthcare Services During the War (1941-1945) -- Spanish Welfare Benefits -- German Welfare Benefits -- Social Assistance After the War (1945-1995) -- The Continuation of Spanish Welfare Provisions -- The Restoration of German Welfare Benefits -- The Material Cost -- The Income of the Divisionarios -- The Cost of the Blue Division |
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Conclusion: The Historic Significance of the Blue Division -- Political Significance -- Internal politics -- External politics -- Economic Significance -- Military Significance -- Social Significance -- Human Significance -- Appendices (Pages 384-415) -- 1 Russian, Byelorussian, and Ukrainian volunteers enlisted in the Blue Division, with biographical notes -- 2 Provisional structure of the Blue Division (Madrid, July 1941) -- 3 First transport expeditions of troops of the Blue Division to Germany (July 1941) -- 4 Commanders of the Blue Division in Germany (Grafenwöhr Camp, July 1941) -- 5 Summary of forces of the Blue Division at the front (Russia, February 1942) -- 6 Commanders of the Blue Legion -- 7 Alphabetical list of volunteers who fought clandestinely in the Wehrmacht, or in the Waffen SS, registered by the German Embassy in Madrid, with an indication of their military rank -- 8 Alphabetical list of prisoners in the Soviet Unión repatriated in April 1954 on the ship SS Semiramis, with an indication of their place and province of residence -- 9 Monthly amounts paid to divisionarios from German funds in the case of their not having children, and having been at the front, with an indication of their pay scale -- 10 Monthly amounts of the lifetime pensions payable by the Third Reich to members of the Blue Division for permanent injury, according to the grade of disability and their civil status -- 11 Monthly amount paid by the Third Reich to beneficiaries in respect of death in service in the Blue Division -- 12 Articles of the German-Spanish Convention of May 1962 on benefits derived from service in the Blue Division -- 13 List of the number of beneficiaries by year and pension supplements paid by Germany between 1965 and 1994 to the disabled of the Blue Division, and total amounts paid -- Notes -- Primary Sources -- Bibliography -- Index |
| Summary |
This book, translated from the original Spanish, is the primary academic and historical study of the Blue Division-a Falangist initiative involving the dispatch of some 40,000 Spanish combatants (more than a half of whom paid with their lives, health, or liberty) to the Russian Front during the Second World War. Xavier Moreno Juliá does not limit himself to relating their deeds under arms, but also analyzes the political background in detail: the complex relations between the Spanish government and Hitler's Germany; the internal conflicts between the Falangists and the Army; the rise and fall of Franco's brother-in-law, Minister Ramón Serrano Suñer, who inspired the Blue Division and became the second most powerful person in Spain; and the attitude of General Agustín Muñoz Grandes, commander of the Blue Division, who was encouraged by Berlin to seriously consider the possibility of taking over the reins of Spanish power. This book, based on massive documentation in German, British, and Spanish archives, is an essential source of information to understand Spain in the 1940s-an epoch when the Caudillo's power and the regime's good fortune were less secure than is often believed |
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 494-507) and index |
| Notes |
Translation of: La División Azul : sangre española en Rusia, 1941-1945. Barcelona : Crítica, [2005] |
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Print version record |
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Germany. Heer. Infanteriedivision (1941-1943), 250. -- History
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| SUBJECT |
Germany. Heer. Infanteriedivision (1941-1943), 250 fast |
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World War, 1939-1945 -- Campaigns -- Soviet Union.
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World War, 1939-1945 -- Spain
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World War, 1939-1945 -- Regimental histories -- Germany
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HISTORY -- Europe -- Western.
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Military campaigns
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Regimental histories
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Germany
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Soviet Union
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Spain
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| Genre/Form |
History
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9781782842262 |
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1782842268 |
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