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HITLER'S OCCUPATION OF THE UKRAINE (1941 - 1944)
Book Type: S By Ihor Kamenetsky. Out of print for over 50 years, this is still the standard work on the occupation of the Ukraine by the Germans and how their policies turned success into failure. The greatest reservoirs of anti-Bolshevik manpower - those in eastern Poland, the Baltics and in the Ukraine - were left untouched, as the population of these territories was to be reduced to colonial status within the German eastern empire; on the other hand, loud huzzahs and spectacular celebrations greeted appearing Spanish Blue Divisions, "Wallon" and "French" SS-Legions... Originally welcomed as liberators, the Germans quickly squandered that good will, as they pressed ahead with their archaic racial policies, and proceed to turn the Ukraine into a "German India". The lessons to be learned are that almost any population, which is the key to an insurgency, can be won over by even the most odious occupier, if they so choose. The seeds of Germany's failure in the Ukraine (and the Soviet Union) were sown, and what rose was a guerrilla force that not only fought the Germans, but continued to fight the Soviets until 1950. A concise history of the occupation, this work is also one of the few studies available that addresses the various Ukrainian resistance groups. A must have for any World War II collection. 101 pp. 
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