Nazi Germany and Neutral Europe During the Second World War

Nazi Germany and Neutral Europe During the Second World War
Author: Christian Leitz
Publisher: Manchester University Press
Total Pages: 224
Release: 2000
Genre: History
ISBN: 9780719050688

This book is a study of the ambitions, activities and achievements of Methodist missionaries in northern Burma from 1887-1966 and the expulsion of the last missionaries by Ne Win. The story is told through painstaking original research in archives which contain thousands of hitherto unpublished documents and eyewitness accounts meticulously recorded by the Methodist missionaries. This accessible study constitutes a significant contribution to a very little-known area of missionary history. Leigh pulls together the themes of conflict, politics and proselytisation in to a fascinating study of great breadth. The historical nuances of the relationship between religion and governance in Burma are traced in an accessible style. This book will appeal to those teaching or studying colonial and postcolonial history, Burmese politics, and the history of missionary work.

Sympathy for the Devil

Sympathy for the Devil
Author: Christian Leitz
Publisher: NYU Press
Total Pages: 240
Release: 2001-05-01
Genre: History
ISBN: 9780814751756

The recent revelations about the role of the Swiss banks in keeping Jewish accounts after World War II has caused a reappraisal of the role of the neutral nations. What exactly did it mean to be "neutral" in World War II? Was neutrality just a cover for collaboration with the Nazis? Did countries who refused to take sides help or hurt the Allied cause? And how did the neutrals treat people who were vulnerable to the Nazis? In this first study of Nazi Germany's to the five European neutrals: Portugal, Spain, Switzerland, Sweden and Turkey, Christian Leitz shines a light on their wartime record. Questioning the true commitment to neutrality of the five states, the he details not simply the development of relations to Germany, but also the contribution they made to Germany's war effort. He shows how the Nazi regime benefitted in large measure from permitting these five countries to remain neutral. We learn how during Germany's military decline in the waning months of the war, it continued to receive vital services from the neutrals. Based on a wide reading of sources in English, German, Spanish, Swedish, Portuguese, French and Turkish, and supplemented by documentary evidence from German archives, this book enables readers at all levels to gain insight into a significant aspect not only of the history of Nazi Germany, but also the history of the Second World War in Europe.

Nazi Foreign Policy, 1933-1941

Nazi Foreign Policy, 1933-1941
Author: Christian Leitz
Publisher: Psychology Press
Total Pages: 202
Release: 2004
Genre: History
ISBN: 0415174236

Explores the diplomatic and political developments that led to the outbreak of war in 1939 and its transformation into a global conflict in 1941.

That Neutral Island

That Neutral Island
Author: Clair Wills
Publisher: Harvard University Press
Total Pages: 518
Release: 2007
Genre: History
ISBN: 9780674026827

Where previous histories of Ireland in the war years have focused on high politics, That Neutral Island mines deeper layers of experience. Stories, letters, and diaries illuminate this small country as it suffered rationing, censorship, the threat of invasion, and a strange detachment from the war.

Paying for Hitler's War

Paying for Hitler's War
Author: Jonas Scherner
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Total Pages: 477
Release: 2016-03-21
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 1107049709

Paying for Hitler's War is a comparative economic study of twelve Nazi-occupied countries during World War II.

Europe on Trial

Europe on Trial
Author: Istvan Deak
Publisher: Routledge
Total Pages: 242
Release: 2018-04-27
Genre: History
ISBN: 0429973500

Europe on Trial explores the history of collaboration, retribution, and resistance during World War II. These three themes are examined through the experiences of people and countries under German occupation, as well as Soviet, Italian, and other military rule. Those under foreign rule faced innumerable moral and ethical dilemmas, including the question of whether to cooperate with their occupiers, try to survive the war without any political involvement, or risk their lives by becoming resisters. Many chose all three, depending on wartime conditions. Following the brutal war, the author discusses the purges of real or alleged war criminals and collaborators, through various acts of violence, deportations, and judicial proceedings at the Nuremberg International Military Tribunal as well as in thousands of local courts. Europe on Trial helps us to understand the many moral consequences both during and immediately following World War II.

An Iron Wind

An Iron Wind
Author: Peter Fritzsche
Publisher: Basic Books
Total Pages: 378
Release: 2016-10-25
Genre: History
ISBN: 0465096557

A vivid account of German-occupied Europe during World War II that reveals civilians' struggle to understand the terrifying chaos of war In An Iron Wind, prize-winning historian Peter Fritzsche draws diaries, letters, and other first-person accounts to show how civilians in occupied Europe tried to make sense of World War II. As the Third Reich targeted Europe's Jews for deportation and death, confusion and mistrust reigned. What were Hitler's aims? Did Germany's rapid early victories mark the start of an enduring new era? Was collaboration or resistance the wisest response to occupation? How far should solidarity and empathy extend? And where was God? People desperately tried to understand the horrors around them, but the stories they told themselves often justified a selfish indifference to their neighbors' fates. Piecing together the broken words of the war's witnesses and victims, Fritzsche offers a haunting picture of the most violent conflict in modern history.

Memories of the Second World War in Neutral Europe, 1945–2023

Memories of the Second World War in Neutral Europe, 1945–2023
Author: Manuel Bragança
Publisher: Taylor & Francis
Total Pages: 370
Release: 2023-12-12
Genre: History
ISBN: 100382739X

This edited volume is a sequel to, and a development of, The Long Aftermath: Cultural Legacies of Europe at War, 1936-2016 (2016). It focuses on the six major European countries and states that remained officially neutral throughout the Second World War, namely Ireland, Portugal, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, and the Vatican. Its transnational, comparative and interdisciplinary approach addresses complex questions pertaining to collective remembrance, national policies and politics, and intellectual as well as cultural responses to neutrality during and after the conflict. The contributions are from a broad range of scholars working across the disciplines of history, literature, film, media, and cultural studies. Their thought-provoking chapters challenge many assumptions about neutrality in the post-war European and global context, thereby filling a gap in the existing scholarship. Common themes that run through the volume include the intertwined and dynamic links between neutrality and moral responsibility during and after the Second World War, the importance of memory politics and popular culture in shaping collective memories, and the impact of the Holocaust in shifting traditional perspectives on neutrality since the 1990s. This volume will be of interest to undergraduates, postgraduates, scholars interested in the field of memory studies, as well as non-specialist readers.

How the War Was Won

How the War Was Won
Author: Phillips Payson O'Brien
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Total Pages: 655
Release: 2015-02-12
Genre: History
ISBN: 1107014751

An important new history of air and sea power in World War II and its decisive role in Allied victory.