Since the end of World War II, Germans have struggled with the legacy of
the Wehrmacht-the unified armed forces mobilized by Adolf Hitler in 1935
to ensure the domination of the Third Reich in perpetuity. Historians
have vigorously debated whether the Wehrmacht's atrocities represented a
break with the past or a continuation of Germany's military traditions.
Now available for the first time in English, this meticulously
researched yet accessible overview by eminent historian Rolf-Dieter
Müller